Canarias Einstein Ring - Current Affairs Questions and Answers

1)   International team of astrophysicists discover new optical Einstein ring called ________.

a. Canarias Einstein Ring
b. Canary Einstein Ring
c. Candary Einstein Ring
d. None of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Canarias Einstein Ring

Explanation:
International team of astrophysicists discover new optical Einstein ring
Called Canarias Einstein Ring, it is a distorted image of a galaxy, the source, which is very distant from the Earth.

  • The results of the discovery were published in the international journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society on 16 May 2016.
  • The discovery was made by a team comprising of doctoral student Margherita Bettinelli from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the University of La Laguna (ULL) of Spain.
  • The rare phenomenon was discovered in the Sculptor constellation, IAC J010127-334319, in the vicinity of the Sculptor Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy.
  • The discovered new source of galaxy (Einstein Ring) is an almost complete ring with an angle of 300 degree having a diameter of 4.5?arcsec.