Happy Gravity Lens (2012)

My first attempt at processing the HLA archive data. I didn’t know exactly what I was doing, so I typed “cat” into the search box, and this is what I got. For a rather nonsensical search, I’ve come to realize this is actually a fairly nice gravity lens. Not only that, but it forms a smiley face.

Object name: SDSSJ1038+4849

Data used:
hst_11974_16_wfpc2_f450w_wf
hst_11974_17_wfpc2_f606w_wf
hst_11974_18_wfpc2_f814w_wf

Copyright information:
Hubble data is public domain, but I put a lot of work into combining it into beautiful color images. The minimal credit line should read: NASA / ESA / J. Schmidt

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.