Optical jet in galaxy NGC 3862

Esahubble_opo9214a_1024

esahubble_opo9214a May 7th, 1992

Credit: P. Crane (European Southern Observatory), and NASA/ESA

A NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of the central region of the galaxy NGC 3862 reveals a jet-like feature previously unseen in optical wavelengths. The image was taken with the European Space Agency's Faint Object Camera in F196 mode at a wavelength of 3400 angstroms. The image's 0.06 arc second resolution reveals several knots and twists in the jet. The jet's full angular size is about 0.6 arc second, corresponding to a length of 740 light-years. NGC 3862 is an elliptical galaxy in a rich cluster of galaxies known as Abell 1367, located at a distance of about 260 million light-years away in the constellation of Leo. This new type of jet suggests that astronomers are seeing a new and unexpected phenomena in galactic nuclei.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9214a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

View Options

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
NGC 3862
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Elliptical

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Grayscale Hubble (FOC) Ultraviolet (U) 340.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Grayscale
Esahubble_opo9214a_1280
×
ID
opo9214a
Subject Category
C.5.1.4  
Subject Name
NGC 3862
Credits
P. Crane (European Southern Observatory), and NASA/ESA
Release Date
1992-05-07T06:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9214a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years from NED
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
FOC
Color Assignment
Grayscale
Band
Ultraviolet
Bandpass
U
Central Wavelength
340
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
2213.0, 2119.0
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
opo9214a
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:36:32+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
×

 

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

×

There is no distance meta data in this image.

 

Providers | Sign In