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gary
10-02-2015, 10:24 AM
Rachel Feltman reports today in the Washington Post on a Hubble image
submitted to the Hubble's Hidden Treasures image processing competition
by contestant Judy Schmidt of the galaxy cluster SDSS J1038+4849.

Two bright galaxies and the Einstein ring of gravitational lensing create
one big smiley face. :)

Article and picture -
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2015/02/09/the-hubble-spotted-this-smiley-face-in-space/

Space Telescope web site article -
http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1506a/

Ric
10-02-2015, 04:19 PM
That's cool. :thumbsup:

el_draco
14-02-2015, 08:11 PM
I can see it now... the "eye of God" will be superseded by the "smiley of God"....