Wide-field view of the sky around a giant space blob

This visible-light wide-field image of the region around the giant Lyman-alpha blob LAB1 was created from photographs taken through blue and red filters and forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2. The blob itself lies at the centre of the image but, despite being huge and very luminous, it is so distant that it is too faint to be seen clearly on this picture. The field of view is approximately 2.9 degrees across. 

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ESO and Digitized Sky Survey 2 

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Identificazione:eso1130c
Tipo:Osservazione
Data di rilascio:Mercoledì 17 Agosto 2011 19:00
Notizie relative:eso1632, eso1130
Grandezza:10669 x 10688 px

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Nome:LAB-1
Tipo:Early Universe : Cosmology : Morphology : Large-Scale Structure
Distanza:z=3.1 (spostamento del rosso)
Constellation:Aquarius
Categoria:Cosmology

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Coordinate

Position (RA):22 17 25.64
Position (Dec):0° 12' 52.21"
Field of view:179.37 x 179.69 arcminutes
Orientazione:Il Nord è a 0.1° a sinistra della verticale

Colori e filtri

BandaTelescopio
Ottico
B
Digitized Sky Survey 2
Ottico
Pseudogreen (B+R)
Digitized Sky Survey 2
Ottico
R
Digitized Sky Survey 2
Infrarosso
I
Digitized Sky Survey 2