Optical Jet in Galaxy NGC 3862
stsci_1992-14a May 7th, 1992
Credit: P. Crane (European Southern Observatory), and NASA/ESA
A NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of the central region of the galaxy NGC 3862 reveals a jet-like feature previously unseen in optical wavelengths. The image was taken with the European Space Agency's Faint Object Camera in F196 mode at a wavelength of 3400 angstroms. The image's 0.06 arc second resolution reveals several knots and twists in the jet. The jet's full angular size is about 0.6 arc second, corresponding to a length of 740 light-years. NGC 3862 is an elliptical galaxy in a rich cluster of galaxies known as Abell 1367, located at a distance of about 260 million light- years away in the constellation of Leo. This new type of jet suggests that astronomers are seeing a new and unexpected phenomena in galactic nuclei.
Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute
Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1992/news-1992-14
Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- ID
- 1992-14a
- Subject Category
- C.5.4.9
- Subject Name
- NGC 3862
- Credits
- P. Crane (European Southern Observatory), and NASA/ESA
- Release Date
- 1992-05-07T00:00:00
- Lightyears
- 260,000,000
- Redshift
- 260,000,000
- Reference Url
- https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1992/news-1992-14
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Light years
- Facility
- Hubble
- Instrument
- FOC
- Color Assignment
- Grayscale
- Band
- Ultraviolet
- Bandpass
- U
- Central Wavelength
- 342
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- 2000.0
- Reference Value
- 176.27099166670, 19.60601111111
- Reference Dimension
- 2213.00, 2119.00
- Reference Pixel
- 1636.67730974410, 498.50799261379
- Scale
- -0.00000033055, 0.00000033055
- Rotation
- 6.12554345137
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- World Coordinate System resolved using PinpointWCS 0.9.2 revision 218+ by the Chandra X-ray Center
- Creator (Curator)
- STScI
- URL
- http://hubblesite.org
- Name
- Space Telescope Science Institute Office of Public Outreach
- outreach@stsci.edu
- Telephone
- 410-338-4444
- Address
- 3700 San Martin Drive
- City
- Baltimore
- State/Province
- MD
- Postal Code
- 21218
- Country
- USA
- Rights
- http://hubblesite.org/copyright/
- Publisher
- STScI
- Publisher ID
- stsci
- Resource ID
- STSCI-H-p9214a-f-2213x2119.tif
- Resource URL
- https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p9214a-f-2213x2119.tif
- Related Resources
- http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1992/14
- Metadata Date
- 2022-07-06T00:00:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
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