Newly found galaxies (SINFONI/VLT)

Eso_eso0740a_1024

eso_eso0740a September 14th, 2007

Credit: ESO

Images of the region around 14 quasars where a previously hidden galaxy was detected via its hydrogen emission using the SINFONI instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope. The contours show the quasars, while the arrow represents 1 arcsecond (~ 26 000 light-years at the distance of these galaxies, which is roughly 7 700 million light-years). North is up, East is left, and the colour-coding reflects the relative hydrogen fluxes of the sources.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0740a/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, 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
Galaxies Quasar
Subject - Distant Universe
Galaxy
Galaxy > Activity > AGN > Quasar

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Pseudocolor VLT (SINFONI) Infrared (Near-IR) -
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ID
eso0740a
Subject Category
D.5   D.5.3.2.1  
Subject Name
Galaxies, Quasar
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2007-09-14T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0740a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Very Large Telescope
Instrument
SINFONI
Color Assignment
Pseudocolor
Band
Infrared
Bandpass
Near-IR
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
2090.0, 1426.0
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
http://www.eso.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
European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID
eso
Resource ID
eso0740a
Metadata Date
2009-01-26T15:18:37+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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