Closing in on a giant space blob
This sequence of images closes in on one of the largest known single objects in the Universe, the Lyman-alpha blob LAB-1. Observations with the ESO VLT show for the first time that this giant "blob" must be powered by galaxies embedded within the cloud. The image on the left shows a wide view of the constellation of Aquarius. The two images at the upper right were created from photographs taken through blue and red filters and forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2. The two images at the lower right were taken using the FORS camera on the VLT.
Autorska prava:ESO/A. Fujii/M. Hayes and Digitized Sky Survey 2
O slici
Id: | eso1130b |
Tip: | Opservacija |
Datum objavljivanja: | 17. avgust 2011. 19:00 |
Povezana saopštenja: | eso1632, eso1130 |
Veličina: | 8768 x 8332 px |
O objektu
Naziv: | LAB-1 |
Tip: | Early Universe : Cosmology : Morphology : Large-Scale Structure |
Udaljenost: | z=3.1 (crveni pomak) |
Kategorija: | Cosmology |
Formati slika
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Boje i flteri
Opseg | Talasna dužina | Teleskop |
---|---|---|
Optički B | Very Large Telescope FORS2 | |
Optički B | Digitized Sky Survey 2 | |
Optički OIII | 500 nm | Very Large Telescope FORS1 |
Optički Pseudogreen (B+R) | Digitized Sky Survey 2 | |
Optički Pseudogreen (B+V) | Very Large Telescope FORS1 | |
Optički R | Digitized Sky Survey 2 | |
Optički V | Very Large Telescope FORS1 | |
Infracrveni I | Digitized Sky Survey 2 |