Newly found galaxies (SINFONI/VLT)

Images of the region around 14 quasars where a previously hidden galaxy was detected via its hydrogen emission using the SINFONI instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope. The contours show the quasars, while the arrow represents 1 arcsecond (~ 26 000 light-years at the distance of these galaxies, which is roughly 7 700 million light-years). North is up, East is left, and the colour-coding reflects the relative hydrogen fluxes of the sources.

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ESO

Über das Bild

ID:eso0740a
Typ:Beobachtung
Veröffentlichungsdatum:14. September 2007
Dazugehörige Veröffentlichungen:eso0740
Größe:2090 x 1426 px

Über das Objekt

Name:Galaxies, Quasar
Typ:Early Universe : Galaxy
Early Universe : Galaxy : Activity : AGN : Quasar
Kategorie:Galaxies

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Farben & Filter

SpektralbereichTeleskop
Infrarot
Near-IR
Very Large Telescope
SINFONI