Quasar PKS 2349

esahubble_opo9635b1 November 19th, 1996

Credit: John Bahcall (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton) Mike Disney (University of Wales) and NASA/ESA

This image reveals the huge, thin tidal arms of a galaxy associated with the luminous quasar, which is 1.5 billion light-years from Earth. The odd-shaped arms suggest an encounter between the quasar and a companion galaxy. The thick bright line above the quasar is an edge-on background galaxy.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9635b1/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: PKS 2349
Subject - Distant Universe: Galaxy > Activity > AGN > Quasar

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 23h 51m 56.1s; DEC = -1° 9’ 13.6”
Orientation: North is 115.9° CW
Field of View: 0.5 x 0.5 arcminutes
Constellation: Pisces

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (V)	606.0 nm

ID: opo9635b1
Subject Category: D.5.3.2.1
Subject Name: PKS 2349
Credits: John Bahcall (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton) Mike Disney (University of Wales) and NASA/ESA

Release Date: 1996-11-19T15:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9635b1/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes

Facility: Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument: WFPC2
Color Assignment: Red

Band: Optical
Bandpass: V
Central Wavelength: 606

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 357.983848142, -1.15377618713
Reference Dimension: 296.0, 296.0

Reference Pixel: 148.0, 148.0
Scale: -2.7657734797e-05, 2.7657734797e-05
Rotation: -115.94000000000001
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/
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Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
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Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID: esahubble
Resource ID: opo9635b1

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo9635b1.tif
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Metadata Date: 2003-12-09T17:47:23+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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