.. _sphx_glr_api_gallery_relativity_lensing:

Gravitational lensing
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Einstein rings, multiple images, and microlensing magnification.


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  <div id='sg-tag-list' class='sphx-glr-tag-list'></div>


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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnails">

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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="When a point source, a point (or compact) lens of mass M, and an observer are exactly aligned, gravitational lensing bends the source&#x27;s light into a complete ring of angular radius">

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  .. image:: /api/gallery/relativity/lensing/images/thumb/sphx_glr_plot_einstein_ring_and_microlensing_thumb.png
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  :doc:`/api/gallery/relativity/lensing/plot_einstein_ring_and_microlensing`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Einstein rings, multiple images, and microlensing</div>
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    </div>


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