Cosmic Powerhouses Dwell In Humble Galactic Homes
The distribution of all quasars found in the 2dF QSO Redshift Survey at the Anglo-Australian Telescope. We are located at the centre of the plot, with quasars at increasingly large distances moving away from the centre. Even amongst all these quasars, only a handful had nearby bright stars so that adaptive optics could be used. The quasars imaged by Gemini are circled in blue and are typically about 12 billion light years away.
Credit:NOIRLab
About the Image
Id: | gemini0403c |
Type: | Artwork |
Release date: | May 25, 2004, 8 p.m. |
Related releases: | gemini0403 |
Size: | 800 x 627 px |
About the Object
Category: | Cosmology |