An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Einstein cross
  چلیپای ِ اینشتین  
calipâ-ye Einstein
Fr.: croix d'Einstein  

An image of a distant quasar (redshift 1.7) formed by a foreground spiral galaxy (redshift 0.039) through gravitational lensing. The image of the quasar is split into four point sources forming a cross at the center of the galaxy.

See also:Einstein; → cross.