HST imaging of the core of PG1426+015
Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 optical image of PG1426. The SDSS image in Figure 1 shows more of the host galaxy structure. However, in the SDSS image the core of the source is saturated. Here we see the central few arcseconds of the system where the central supermassive black hole powering the quasar is surmised to be. The 3" x 3" NIFS field-of-view covered the bright central source. The total size of the field shown is 22" x 17".
Credit:International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
About the Image
Id: | geminiann08015d |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | July 1, 2008, 4:07 p.m. |
Related announcements: | geminiann08015 |
Size: | 500 x 500 px |
About the Object
Name: | Hubble Space Telescope, PG 1426+015, WFPC2 |
Constellation: | Virgo |
Category: | Galaxies |
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Coordinates
Position (RA): | 14 29 6.58 |
Position (Dec): | 1° 17' 6.07" |
Field of view: | 0.29 x 0.29 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 37.1° left of vertical |
Colors & filters
Band | Wave-length | Tele-scope |
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Optical Strömgren y | 547 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |