Quasar 3C 273
esahubble_opo0303a January 9th, 2003
Credit: NASA, M. Clampin (STScI), H. Ford (JHU), G. Illingworth (UCO/Lick Observatory), J. Krist (STScI), D. Ardila (JHU), D. Golimowski (JHU), the ACS Science Team, J. Bahcall (IAS) and ESA
The Hubble Space Telescope's new Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) has provided the clearest view yet in visible light of the nearby quasar, 3C 273.
Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA
Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0303a/
Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- opo0303a
- Subject Category
- D.5.3.2.1
- Subject Name
- 3C 273, IRAS 12265+0219, QSO B1226+023
- Credits
- NASA, M. Clampin (STScI), H. Ford (JHU), G. Illingworth (UCO/Lick Observatory), J. Krist (STScI), D. Ardila (JHU), D. Golimowski (JHU), the ACS Science Team, J. Bahcall (IAS) and ESA
- Release Date
- 2003-01-09T18:19:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0303a/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
- Instrument
- ACS, ACS, ACS, ACS
- Color Assignment
- Band
- Infrared, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- I, V, OIII, B
- Central Wavelength
- 814, 606, 502, 475
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 187.277617432, 2.0525365488
- Reference Dimension
- 851.0, 1065.0
- Reference Pixel
- 425.5, 532.5
- Scale
- -6.93799689792e-06, 6.93799689792e-06
- Rotation
- -22.079999999999949
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- ESA/Hubble
- URL
- http://www.spacetelescope.org/
- Name
- 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
- ESA/Hubble
- Publisher ID
- esahubble
- Resource ID
- opo0303a
- Resource URL
- http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo0303a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2003-12-09T17:22:49+01:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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