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This looks like 4 separate quasars associated with the galaxy rather than an arcuate image formed by ‘lensing’ (whether of hypothesized gravitational origin or actual refraction by plasma)… The 4 quasars may be offspring of the central galaxy according to the red-shift hypothesis of noted astronomer Halton Arp…