False-colour CCD-image of the southern radio galaxy PKS 2152-69

This false-colour CCD-image of the southern radio galaxy PKS 2152-69 shows the gas cloud in which quasar-like activity has been discovered. The highly energetic cloud is seen to the upper left of the bright centre in the otherwise normal radio galaxy. The image was obtained by subtracting a continuum image from another made in the red light of hydrogen and nitrogen. They were exposed with a CCD camera at the 2.2 m telescope at the ESO La Silla observatory.

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ESO

Über das Bild

ID:eso8702b
Typ:Beobachtung
Veröffentlichungsdatum:5. Februar 1987
Dazugehörige Veröffentlichungen:eso8702
Größe:1347 x 1782 px

Über das Objekt

Name:PKS 2152-69
Typ:Local Universe : Galaxy
Entfernung:500 Million Lichtjahre
Kategorie:Galaxies

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SpektralbereichTeleskop
OptischMPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope