Below is a view looking towards a black hole that is drifting infront of a field of distant stars.
The gravitational field distorts the space around the black hole. As light from more distant stars passes the black hole the path of the light is bent.
The star light that makes up the ring is from stars directly behind the hole. The star light immediately to the left of the hole is from stars far to right of the field.

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