Taken by Brent on September 9, 2022 @
Universal,Orl,FL,USA
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The stunning halo is the result of light from a distant galaxy passing through warped space-time surrounding another galaxy aligned between the distant light source and Earth. The new James Webb Space Telescope image, which was created by a Reddit-based astronomy enthusiast, is one of the best examples of the trippy astronomical phenomenon ever captured.
The ring of light in the new image comes from the distant galaxy SPT-S J041839-4751.8 (or JO418 for short), which is around 12 billion light-years from Earth, making it one of the oldest galaxies in the universe. JO418 is orientated directly behind another galaxy — the bright blue light at the center of the ring — which is so massive that its gravitational pull warps the space-time around it. As light from JO418 reaches the foreground galaxy it travels through this warped space-time. From Earth, it looks as though the light has curved around the galaxy, but the electromagnetic waves we see have actually been traveling in a straight line the entire time...
https://www.sciencealert.com/webb-has-snapped-an-almost-perfect-einstein-ring-12-billion-light-years-away
...There is a whole lot more data in the zoomed in photo i could pull out. i unpixelized it to.
Photographer's website:
https://Einstein Ring zoomed reprocess
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