Gravitational Lensing

An interactive simulation of gravitational lensing effects using WebGL

Source

Image

Caustics

Image Solo Dot Solo Dot (inverted) Solo Light Color Dots Color Dots (Warped) M51 Whirlpool Galaxy M31 Andromeda Galaxy

No. lenses

Move all lenses

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Lens mass

Convergence in continuous matter (κ_c)

Shear in continuous matter (γ_c)

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Render resolution 256 512 1024 2048 4096

Mesh resolution 128 256 512 1024 2048 4096 (!)

Wireframe rendering