English Dictionary

gravitational mirage

名詞

A distorted or false image of a distant galaxy (e.g. an image of a distant galaxy as a ring, or as multiple copies of itself) caused by a gravitational lens (a massive object located between the distant galaxy and the viewer, which alters how the light of the distant galaxy reaches the viewer).

日本語の意味

重力レンズ効果により、遠くの銀河が実際の姿とは異なって歪んだ像（例えば、輪状や複数のコピーとして）に見える現象。

Using the new array, the team observed a gravitational mirage that transformed a single distant galaxy into several bright arcs around a foreground cluster.

新しいアレイを使って、研究チームは重力レンズによって遠方の銀河が歪んで見える蜃気楼を観測し、それが一つの銀河を前景の銀河団の周りにいくつもの明るい弧に変えていることを確認した。

意味（1）

A distorted or false image of a distant galaxy (e.g. an image of a distant galaxy as a ring, or as multiple copies of itself) caused by a gravitational lens (a massive object located between the distant galaxy and the viewer, which alters how the light of the distant galaxy reaches the viewer).

gravitational mirages （ plural ）