### Question
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What is the "weak lensing effect"? How does this differ from “strong lensing”? What are each of these phenomena useful for to astronomers?
### Answer
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##### What is the "weak lensing effect"?
![[Gravitational Lensing#Weak Lensing]]
##### How does this differ from “strong lensing”?
![[Gravitational Lensing#Strong Lensing]]