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Astronomers See the Same Supernova Four Times Thanks to a Gravitational Lens (www.universetoday.com)

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Heres another article that popped up in my feeds on the same event with a bit more detail too>

https://astronomynow.com/2023/06/19/supernova-magnified-25-times-and-split-into-multiple-images-by-galactic-lens/

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[–] niktemadur@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

The odds of a supernova lining up perfectly to generate an Einstein Cross right from our vantage point are... well... they're astronomical, that's what they are.
That thing is so distant, I would've thought it would be a quasar, instead of a supernova.