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Chapter 16, Figure 28


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16.28
(A) Sketch
of a gravitational lens. (B) The arcs in this picture of the galaxy cluster
Abell 2218 are the image of a distant galaxy distorted by the gravitational
lens effect created by the galaxy cluster. (Courtesy STSCI.)
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