Quick - What Is IT?

Hey Space Placers!

What is this picture of:

Give up?

It is a picture of a quasar that has been gravitationally lensed into SIX separate images - the blue spots - by an intervening cluster of galaxies. This is the only known instance in which this has happened.

Distant objects such as galaxies or quasars - active black holes - are captured by these gravitational lenses that allows us to see objects we might not be able to see otherwise. 

Read more about this fascinating photograph http://www.nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news13/quasar-observed-in-6-separate-light-reflections/

Sky Guy in VA