Wide-field view of the sky around the most remote quasar

This visible-light wide-field image of the region around ULAS J1120+0641, the most distant quasar found so far, was created from photographs taken through red and blue filters and forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2. The object itself lies very close to the centre and is not visible in this picture, but many other, much closer, galaxies are seen in this wide-field view that spans about three degrees of sky.

Bildnachweis:

ESO and Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin

Über das Bild

ID:eso1122c
Typ:Beobachtung
Veröffentlichungsdatum:29. Juni 2011 19:00
Dazugehörige Veröffentlichungen:eso1122
Größe:10693 x 8453 px

Über das Objekt

Name:ULAS J1120+0641
Typ:Early Universe : Galaxy : Activity : AGN : Quasar
Entfernung:z=7.1 (Rotverschiebung)
Constellation:Leo
Kategorie:Quasars and Black Holes

Bildformate

Großes JPEG
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Koordinaten

Position (RA):11 20 41.72
Position (Dec):6° 38' 39.89"
Field of view:179.27 x 141.72 arcminutes
Orientierung:Die Nordrichtung liegt 0.0° links zur Vertikale

Farben & Filter

SpektralbereichTeleskop
Optisch
B
Digitized Sky Survey 2
N/A
Optisch
R
Digitized Sky Survey 2
N/A