VLASS Sharpens the View

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Credit: Bill Saxton, NRAO/AUI/NSF.

The new VLA Sky Survey (VLASS) sharpens the view. Here is the same radio-emitting object as seen, from left to right, with the NRAO VLA Sky Survey (NVSS), the FIRST Survey, and the VLASS. The VLASS image, unlike the others, allows astronomers to positively identify the image as jets of material propelled outward from the center of a galaxy that also is seen in the visible-light Sloan Digital Sky Survey.

Technical data: NVSS image at 1.4 GHz in VLA\'s D configuration

Provider: National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Image Source: https://public.nrao.edu/?post_type=release=8577

Curator: NRAO/AUI/NSF, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)

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Position (FK5)
RA = 21h 0m 0.0s
DEC = 0° 0’ 0.0”
Constellation
Aquarius
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Gallery_nrao17df09a
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Subject Name
Credits
Bill Saxton, NRAO/AUI/NSF.
Release Date
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://public.nrao.edu/?post_type=release=8577
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Instrument
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
2016-06-10T09:23
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
FK5
Equinox
2000
Reference Value
3.150000000000E+02, 0.000000000000E+00
Reference Dimension
451, 451
Reference Pixel
1514, 2726
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Rotation
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SIN
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FITS Header
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Creator (Curator)
NRAO/AUI/NSF
URL
https://public.nrao.edu
Name
NRAO/AUI/NSF
Email
outreach@nrao.edu
Telephone
Address
520 Edgemont Road
City
Charlottesville
State/Province
Virginia
Postal Code
22903
Country
USA
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
Publisher
NRAO/AUI/NSF
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nrao
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Resource URL
/image/nrao/Gallery_nrao17df09a
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Metadata Date
2018-05-14T10:20:45-04:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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