Observation by Joan Genebriera: The double quasar QSO 0957+651

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Joan Genebriera

Observer

Joan Genebriera

Observed

2017 Jan 30 - 23:30

Uploaded

2024 Feb 01 - 10:38

Objects

QSO 0957+651

Equipment

Cassegrain Relay 400 + ST8XE

Exposure

600 sec.

Location

Tacande observatory, La Palma

Target name

QSO 0957+651

Title

The double quasar QSO 0957+651

About this image

The Twin Quasar (also known as Double Quasar, magnitude 17, was discovered in 1979 and was the first identified gravitationally lensed object, not to be confused with the first detection of light deflection in 1919.

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