Radio Galaxy 4C41.17

stsci_1992-26a November 13th, 1992

Credit: Netherlands Organization for the Advancement of Pure Research, the Space Telescope Science Institute, the European Space Agency, NASA, the European Economic Community, NATO, and the U.S. Department of Energy.

Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope an international team of astronomers Is uncovering intriguing new details about the most distant galaxy known, located more than ten billion light-years away.

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Image Type: Observation
Object Name: 4C41.17
Subject - Distant Universe: Galaxy

Distance

10,000,000,000 light years

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 6h 50m 52.4s; DEC = 41° 30’ 31.8”
Constellation: Auriga

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Hubble (WFPC)	Optical (V)	569.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC)	Optical (R)	702.0 nm

ID: 1992-26a
Subject Category: D.5
Subject Name: 4C41.17
Credits: Netherlands Organization for the Advancement of Pure Research, the Space Telescope Science Institute, the European Space Agency, NASA, the European Economic Community, NATO, and the U.S. Department of Energy.

Release Date: 1992-11-13T00:00:00
Lightyears: 10,000,000,000
Redshift: 10,000,000,000
Reference Url: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1992/news-1992-26

Type: Observation
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes: Distance in lightyears

Facility: Hubble, Hubble
Instrument: WFPC, WFPC
Color Assignment: Grayscale, Grayscale

Band: Optical, Optical
Bandpass: V, R
Central Wavelength: 569, 702

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox
Reference Value: 102.71826744007, 41.508840084539
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Quality: Position
FITS Header
Notes: RA and DEC sexagesimal

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Related Resources: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1992/26

Metadata Date: 2022-07-06T00:00:00
Metadata Version: 1.2

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10,000,000,000 light years