Radio galaxy 3C368

Esahubble_opo9530c_1024

esahubble_opo9530c August 7th, 1995

Credit: M. Longair (Cambridge University, England), NASA/ESA, and NRAO

3C368. One of the best studied radio galaxies, this image is composed of a very smooth cigar-shaped emission region closely aligned with the radio axis, upon which is superimposed a string of bright knots that might be stars or dust. This suggests that a jet of high speed gas, presumably ejected from a black hole at the core of the galaxy, might be triggering star formation along its path.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9530c/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

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Image Type
Observation
Object Name
3C 368.0
Subject - Distant Universe
Galaxy

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (WFPC2) -
Esahubble_opo9530c_1280
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ID
opo9530c
Subject Category
D.5  
Subject Name
3C 368.0
Credits
M. Longair (Cambridge University, England), NASA/ESA, and NRAO
Release Date
1995-08-07T06:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9530c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Redshift distance from NED
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2
Color Assignment
Red
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
105.0, 210.0
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/
Name
Email
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
opo9530c
Resource URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo9530c.tif
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Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:44:21+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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