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Thanks!

I worded that poorly ;

Wouldn't one be able to adjust the perceived path of the photon after time, to adjust for re-normalizing the path of the photon based on the understanding of the gravitational arc imposed on such -- meaning the astro equivalent of "ZOOM. ENHANCE!" :-)



Depending on the orientation, you wouldn't have the right pixels to put for the angle of view from straight on.

Eg, you'd normally see the side view of an object, but the lensing gets you the top and bottom views


Ah right, good question yes it seems like it could be possible..


The normalization I was thinking of was :

Lets assume you have a 'straight' vector of line of sight pointing your Earthly-Bound-Lens [hubble/jswt/whatever] at the object of interest.

you also have an idea through previous observations of gallaxies on the line of sight, which will have gravitational impact on the trajectory of the photons of interest...

the arrival photon's wiggle represents a wobble in time to get to earth. Meaning it changed phase multiple times between our sensor receiving it, and its origin.

If one could look at the path and the grav-lenses it went through, one may be able to extrapolate a more clear picture at various distances(times)....??? /r/NoStupidQuestions

( I am picturing a straight shot - but the photon traveled between many other celstials - and those




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