Distant Quasar Providing Clues to Early-Universe Conditions

nrao_NRAO_Gallerynrao18df3

Credit: B. Saxton (NRAO/AUI/NSF)

VLBA image of the quasar P35215, at a distance of nearly 13 billion light-years from Earth. Three main components of the object are seen, with two of them showing further substructure.

Provider: National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Image Source: https://public.nrao.edu/?post_type=release=11071

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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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: PSO J352.403415.3373 at z = 5.84
Subject - Distant Universe: Galaxy > Activity > AGN > Quasar

Distance

Position Details

Position: RA = 23h 29m 36.8s; DEC = -15° 20’ 14.4”
Orientation: North is up
Field of View: 0.0 x 0.0 arcminutes
Constellation: Aquarius

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
VLBA	Radio (18cm)	194.5 mm
VLBA	Radio (18cm)	194.5 mm

ID: NRAO_Gallerynrao18df3
Subject Category: D.5.3.2.1
Subject Name: PSO J352.403415.3373 at z = 5.84
Credits: B. Saxton (NRAO/AUI/NSF)

Release Date
Lightyears: 1.3E+10
Redshift: 1.3E+10
Reference Url: https://public.nrao.edu/?post_type=release=11071

Type: Observation
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes

Facility: VLBA, VLBA
Instrument
Color Assignment: Yellow, Red

Band: Radio, Radio
Bandpass: 18cm, 18cm
Central Wavelength: 1.9445E+8, 1.9445E+8

Start Time: 2018-01-23
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Coordinate Frame
Equinox: 2000
Reference Value: 352.4034333, -15.3373431
Reference Dimension: 1170, 1170

Reference Pixel: 244.5, 323.9999695
Scale: -0.000000185185186300000, 0.000000185185186300000
Rotation: 0
Coordinate System Projection:: SIN

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Notes

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

Publisher: NRAO/AUI/NSF
Publisher ID: nrao
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Resource URL: https://public.nrao.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/nrao18df3.jpg
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Metadata Date: 2018-07-10T12:29:56-04:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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