Hubble Space telescope has sent an unusual picture: sealed therein galactic cluster SDSS J1038+4849 looks like a giant smiley face. The distortion of the electromagnetic radiation gravitational field galaxies (the so-called gravitational lens and its special case - the Einstein Ring) and became the cause of smiling faces unimaginable sizes.

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Hubble Space telescope has sent an unusual picture: sealed therein galactic cluster SDSS J1038+4849 looks like a giant smiley face. The distortion of the electromagnetic radiation gravitational field galaxies (the so-called gravitational lens and its special case - the Einstein Ring) and became the cause of smiling faces unimaginable sizes.

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Image found Amateur astronomer Judy Schmidt, who took part in the competition Hubble Hidden Treasures. The project participants have opened access to vast archives space telescope and was given the task to find the missing treasure (representing scientific or other interest in the pictures).

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