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           | DescriptionBlack hole lensing web.gif | 
           
             English: Lensing by a black hole. Animated simulation of gravitational lensing caused by a  Schwarzschild black hole going past a background  galaxy. A secondary image of the galaxy can be seen within the black hole  Einstein ring on the opposite direction of that of the galaxy. The secondary image grows (remaining within the Einstein ring) as the primary image approaches the black hole. The  surface brightness of the two images remain constant, but their  angular size vary, hence producing an amplification of the galaxy luminosity as seen from a distant observer. The maximum amplification occurs when the background galaxy (or in the present case a bright part of it) is exactly behind the black hole. 
            Français : Effet de lentille gravitationnelle par un trou noir 
            Nederlands: Zwaartekrachtlenseffect veroorzaakt door een  zwart gat dat een achterliggend melkwegstelsel passeert. Rond het zwart gat is een Einsteinring te zien tegenover de richting van het stelsel 
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