Newly found galaxies (SINFONI/VLT)

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.

Credit:

ESO

Over de afbeelding

Id:eso0740a
Type:Observatie
Publicatiedatum:14 september 2007
Gerelateerde berichten:eso0740
Grootte:2090 x 1426 px

Over het object

Naam:Galaxies, Quasar
Type:Early Universe : Galaxy
Early Universe : Galaxy : Activity : AGN : Quasar
Categorie:Galaxies

Afbeeldingstypen

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Kleuren & filters

BandTelescoop
Infrarood
Near-IR
Very Large Telescope
SINFONI