Radio galaxy 3C324

Esahubble_opo9530b_1024

esahubble_opo9530b August 7th, 1995

Credit: M. Longair (Cambridge University, England), NASA/ESA, and NRAO

3C324. A number of small interacting components are distributed roughly along the radio axis in this source. Comparison of the Hubble image with that from the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope suggests that the central regions of this galaxy are obscured by a large dust lane.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9530b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

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Image Type
Observation
Object Name
3C 324
Subject - Distant Universe
Galaxy

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (WFPC2) -
Esahubble_opo9530b_1280
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ID
opo9530b
Subject Category
D.5  
Subject Name
3C 324
Credits
M. Longair (Cambridge University, England), NASA/ESA, and NRAO
Release Date
1995-08-07T06:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9530b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Redshift distance from NED
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2
Color Assignment
Red
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
125.0, 225.0
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
opo9530b
Resource URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo9530b.tif
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Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:44:20+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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