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

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.

Crediti:

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

A proposito dell'immagine

Identificazione:eso1122c
Tipo:Osservazione
Data di pubblicazione:Mercoledì 29 Giugno 2011 19:00
Notizie relative:eso1122
Dimensione:10693 x 8453 px

A proposito delll'oggetto

Nome:ULAS J1120+0641
Tipo:Early Universe : Galaxy : Activity : AGN : Quasar
Distanza:z=7.1 (redshift (spostamento verso il rosso))
Constellation:Leo
Categoria:Quasars and Black Holes

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Coordinate

Position (RA):11 20 41.72
Position (Dec):6° 38' 39.89"
Field of view:179.27 x 141.72 arcminutes
Orientazione:Il Nord è a 0.0° a sinistra della verticale

Colori e filtri

BandaTelescopio
Ottico
B
Digitized Sky Survey 2
N/A
Ottico
R
Digitized Sky Survey 2
N/A