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

Om billedet

Id:eso8702b
Type:Observation
Udgivelsesdato:5. februar 1987
Relaterede pressemeddelelser:eso8702
Størrelse:1347 x 1782 px

Om objektet

Navn:PKS 2152-69
Type:Local Universe : Galaxy
Afstand:500 million lysår
Kategori:Galaxies

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BåndTeleskop
OptiskMPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope