PGC 1470080 is a type E[1] elliptical galaxy located in the Boötes constellation.

[5] Such of this phenomenon occurs, when a massive celestial body such as a galaxy cluster which creates sufficient curvature of spacetime for the path of light to be bent by the lens.

[5][6] This creates multiple images of the original galaxy which as seen, the background object appears as a distorted arc or a ring.

[5] This observation takes advantage of gravitational lensing to peer through early universe galaxies.

[5] By using gravitational lensing is also a very useful tool which contributes significant new results in areas as different as the cosmological distance scale, dark matter in halos and galaxy structures.