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Gravitational Lens and Quasar PG1115+080

Esahubble_opo9837c_1024

esahubble_opo9837c October 26th, 1998

Credit: Christopher D. Impey (University of Arizona)

In this NICMOS image, the four quasar images and the lens galaxy have been subtracted, revealing a nearly complete ring of infrared light. This ring is the stretched and amplified starlight of the galaxy that contains the quasar, some 8 billion light years away. (NASA/Space Telescope Science Institute).

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9837c/

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 1115+080 • QSO B1115+0802
Subject - Distant Universe: Galaxy > Type > Gravitationally Lensed; Galaxy > Activity > AGN > Quasar

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	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
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ID: opo9837c
Subject Category: D.5.1.8 D.5.3.2.1
Subject Name: PG 1115+080, QSO B1115+0802
Credits: Christopher D. Impey (University of Arizona)

Release Date: 1998-10-26T06:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9837c/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes: Redshift distance from NED

Facility: Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument: NICMOS
Color Assignment: Orange

Band: Infrared
Bandpass: Near-IR
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Reference Dimension: 341.0, 432.0

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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: opo9837c

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo9837c.tif
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Metadata Date: 2003-12-09T17:52:02+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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