Comment by throwawaymaths
Comment by throwawaymaths 6 days ago
then she is being misleading, at best. To date no observed galaxies (versus galaxy clusters) have had the arrangement (as is in this image) wherein the galaxy is so perfectly in line with a background galaxy and close enough to estimate the rotation curves (and the background galaxy is of the right disposition to know if dark matter halos extend beyond the galaxy and estimate by how much space). Without both those factors it's really difficult to do a proper correlation of dark matter distribution around galaxies and the observed light bending.
She does not specifially address this scenario. I offered the link as a general dive into the evidence behind Dark Matter as it relates to lensing.
I regret that now.