False-colour CCD-image of the southern radio galaxy PKS 2152-69

Eso_eso8702b_1024

eso_eso8702b February 5th, 1987

Credit: ESO

This false-colour CCD-image of the southern radio galaxy PKS 2152-69 shows the gas cloud in which quasar-like activity has been discovered. The highly energetic cloud is seen to the upper left of the bright centre in the otherwise normal radio galaxy. The image was obtained by subtracting a continuum image from another made in the red light of hydrogen and nitrogen. They were exposed with a CCD camera at the 2.2 m telescope at the ESO La Silla observatory.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso8702b/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Type
Observation
Object Name
PKS 2152-69
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Grayscale MPG-2.2m (None) Optical -
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ID
eso8702b
Subject Category
C.5  
Subject Name
PKS 2152-69
Credits
ESO
Release Date
1987-02-05T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso8702b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
Instrument
None
Color Assignment
Grayscale
Band
Optical
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
http://www.eso.org/
Name
Zeutschel Omniscan 11
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
eso8702b
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso8702b.tif
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Metadata Date
2009-12-10T19:18:38+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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