Dual Quasar (J0749+2255)
stsci_2023-002b April 5th, 2023
Credit: NASA, ESA, Yu-Ching Chen (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
A Hubble Space Telescope photograph of a pair of quasars that existed when the universe was just 3 billion years old. They are embedded inside a pair of colliding galaxies. The quasars are separated by less than the size of a single galaxy. Quasars are powered by voracious, supermassive black holes blasting out ferocious fountains of energy as they engorge themselves on gas, dust, and anything else within their gravitational grasp. The black holes will eventually merge.
Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute
Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2023/news-2023-002
Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA
Image Use Policy: http://stsci.edu/copyright/
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- ID
- 2023-002b
- Subject Category
- D.5.3.2.1
- Subject Name
- J0749+2255
- Credits
- NASA, ESA, Yu-Ching Chen (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
- Release Date
- 2023-04-05
- Lightyears
- 10,661,000,000
- Redshift
- 2.17
- Reference Url
- https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2023/news-2023-002
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- distance in light-years; redshift
- Facility
- Hubble, Hubble
- Instrument
- WFC3/UVIS, WFC3/UVIS
- Color Assignment
- Cyan, Orange
- Band
- Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- B, I
- Central Wavelength
- 475, 814
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- Reference Value
- 117.3456917, 22.9199361
- Reference Dimension
- Reference Pixel
- Scale
- Rotation
- Coordinate System Projection:
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- Position
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- STScI
- URL
- http://stsci.edu
- 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://stsci.edu/copyright/
- Publisher
- STScI
- Publisher ID
- stsci
- Resource ID
- STSCI-H-p23002b-f-920x920.tif
- Resource URL
- https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI_PR_2023-002/STSCI-H-p23002b-f-920x920.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2024-01-08T13:19:02-05:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
