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An Einstein Ring
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An Einstein ring is distant light
from galaxy in line of sight
that’s bending ‘round to form a ring
aligned it seems with foreground thing
to make the spatial object bright;
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thus magnified for us despite
its circumstances recondite,
as syzygy to image bring
an Einstein ring.
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We’re to this planet wed in quite
a perfect match for life just right
while ‘round our solar star we wing
in annual telluric fling,
perhaps viewed through from far-off height
an Einstein ring.
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~ Harley White
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The poem is in the form of a rondeau…
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Some sources of inspiration were the following…
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Euclid Discovers Einstein Ring in Our Cosmic Backyard…
https://www.nasa.gov/universe/euclid-discovers-einstein-ring-in-our-cosmic-backyard/
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Einstein Ring (Wikipedia)…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstein_ring
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The ring of light surrounding the center of the galaxy NGC 6505, captured by ESA’s Euclid telescope, is an example of an Einstein ring. NGC 6505 is acting as a gravitational lens, bending light from a galaxy far behind it.
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Image credit: ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre, G. Anselmi, T. Li; CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO or ESA Standard Licence
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