Quasar PG 1012+008

esahubble_opo9635a5 November 19th, 1996

Credit: John Bahcall (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton) Mike Disney (University of Wales) and NASA/ESA

Hubble has captured quasar PG 1012+008, located 1.6 billion light-years from Earth, merging with a bright galaxy (the object just below the quasar). The two objects are 31, 000 light-years apart, but the swirling wisps of dust and gas surrounding the quasar and galaxy provide strong evidence for an interaction between them.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9635a5/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Type: Observation
Object Name: PG 1012+008 • QSO B1012+0048
Subject - Distant Universe: Galaxy > Activity > AGN > Quasar

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	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (V)	606.0 nm

ID: opo9635a5
Subject Category: D.5.3.2.1
Subject Name: PG 1012+008, QSO B1012+0048
Credits: John Bahcall (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton) Mike Disney (University of Wales) and NASA/ESA

Release Date: 1996-11-19T15:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9635a5/

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Facility: Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument: WFPC2
Color Assignment: Red

Band: Optical
Bandpass: V
Central Wavelength: 606

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Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/
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Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
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Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID: esahubble
Resource ID: opo9635a5

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo9635a5.tif
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Metadata Date: 2003-12-09T17:47:21+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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