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Deflection angle Introduction to <strong>Gravitational</strong> <strong>Lensing</strong> Applications<br />

Observation of Quasars<br />

What is Quasar?<br />

• Distant object determined by high redshift<br />

of electromagnetic energy, and hence<br />

appears faint<br />

• Extremely luminous<br />

• First discovered in late 1950s by radio<br />

telescope with no corresponding visible<br />

object<br />

• Until 1979 two quasar images are<br />

observed<br />

observed…

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