Wide-field view of the sky around the most remote quasar

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eso_eso1122c June 29th, 2011

Credit: ESO and Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin

This visible-light wide-field image of the region around ULAS J1120+0641, the most distant quasar found so far, was created from photographs taken through red and blue filters and forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2. The object itself lies very close to the centre and is not visible in this picture, but many other, much closer, galaxies are seen in this wide-field view that spans about three degrees of sky.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1122c/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
ULAS J1120+0641
Subject - Distant Universe
Galaxy > Activity > AGN > Quasar
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 11h 20m 41.7s
DEC = 6° 38’ 39.9”
Orientation
North is up
Field of View
3.0 x 2.4 degrees
Constellation
Leo

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red DSS2 (N/A) Optical (R) -
Blue DSS2 (N/A) Optical (B) -
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ID
eso1122c
Subject Category
D.5.3.2.1  
Subject Name
ULAS J1120+0641
Credits
ESO and Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin
Release Date
2011-06-29T19:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1122c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2
Instrument
N/A, N/A
Color Assignment
Red, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical
Bandpass
R, B
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
170.173832, 6.644414
Reference Dimension
10693.0, 8453.0
Reference Pixel
4752.26559138, 4202.10686321
Scale
-0.00027941996, 0.00027941996
Rotation
0.01182861437
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
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
eso1122c
Metadata Date
2011-05-04T10:27:37+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

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