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Lensed quasar MG0414+0534

Eso_eso9856f_1024

eso_eso9856f November 26th, 1998

Credit: ESO

The image is an infrared colour composite of the quadruply lensed quasar system MG0414+0534 made by combining 20 min ISAAC J (1.25µm) and Ks (2.16µm) exposures. This complex of images is only about 2 arcsec across. At the centre is the red galaxy at redshift z = 0.96 which is responsible for the four (of which two are not completely resolved) gravitationally lensed images of a z = 2.64 quasar plus a faint arc.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9856f/

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: MG0414+0534
Subject - Distant Universe: Galaxy > Type > Gravitationally Lensed; Galaxy > Activity > AGN > Quasar

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	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	VLT (ISAAC)	Infrared (K)	2.1 µm
	VLT (ISAAC)	Infrared (J)	1.3 µm

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ID: eso9856f
Subject Category: D.5.1.8 D.5.3.2.1
Subject Name: MG0414+0534
Credits: ESO

Release Date: 1998-11-26T00:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9856f/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes: Redshift distance from: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2002ApJ...568..509C

Facility: Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope
Instrument: ISAAC, ISAAC
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Band: Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass: K, J
Central Wavelength: 2120, 1250

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Reference Dimension: 2916.0, 3104.0

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Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: http://www.eso.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: European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID: eso
Resource ID: eso9856f

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso9856f.tif
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Metadata Date: 2009-01-12T15:25:47+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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