The radio galaxy PKS 0521-36

Esahubble_opo9016a_1024

esahubble_opo9016a October 4th, 1990

Credit: NASA/ESA

NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has obtained the most detailed and highest resolution optical images of the radio galaxy PKS 0521-36. The observations were made with the European Space Agency's Faint Object Camera. The galaxy PKS 0521-36, which is at a distance of about one billion light years from us, is known to be a source of powerful radio emission. It has a quasar-like nucleus that is very bright, both at optical and radio wavelengths. This galaxy belongs to a small group of radio sources which have "jets" that have been seen at both radio and at optical wavelengths. These jets show that high energy material is streaming out from the nuclei at high velocity, often close to the speed of light.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9016a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
IRAS F05212-3630 QSO B0521-365
Subject - Distant Universe
Galaxy

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue Hubble (FOC) Optical (B) 430.0 nm
Blue Hubble (FOC) Ultraviolet (U) 320.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Blue
Blue
Esahubble_opo9016a_1280
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ID
opo9016a
Subject Category
D.5  
Subject Name
IRAS F05212-3630, QSO B0521-365
Credits
NASA/ESA
Release Date
1990-10-04T05:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9016a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years from NED
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
FOC, FOC
Color Assignment
Blue, Blue
Band
Optical, Ultraviolet
Bandpass
B, U
Central Wavelength
430, 320
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
2622.0, 2377.0
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
opo9016a
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:32:18+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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