Technical facts about this news release:
| About this Object |
| Object Name: |
HE2347-4342 |
| Object Description:
|
Quasar |
| Position (J2000):
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R.A. 23h 50m 34.24s
Dec. -43° 26' 00.0" |
| Constellation:
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Phoenix |
| Distance: |
3,070 Mpc (10 billion light-years) |
| Magnitude: |
V16.1 |
| Redshift: |
Z2.885 |
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| About the Data |
| Instrument: |
HST: STIS |
FUSE |
| Exposure Dates:
|
August 21, 2000;
October 16, 2000 |
August 17 - 27, 2000;
October 11- 21, 2001 |
| Exposure Time:
|
55 minutes |
105 hours |
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| About this Release |
| Principal Astronomers:
|
G. A. Kriss (STScI/JHU), J. M. Shull (U. Colorado), W. Oegerle (GSFC),
W. Zheng (JHU), A. F. Davidsen (JHU), A. Songaila (U. Hawaii), J.
Tumlinson (U. Colorado), L. L. Cowie (U. Hawaii), J.-M. Deharveng
(Laboratorie d'Astronomie Spatiale, France), S. D. Friedman (JHU),
M. L. Giroux (U. Colorado), R. F. Green (KPNO/NOAO), J. B. Hutchings
(Herzberg Inst. of Astrophysics,Canada), E. B. Jenkins (Princeton
U. Obs.), J. W. Kruk (JHU), H. W. Moos (JHU), D. C. Morton (Herzberg
Inst. of Astrophysics/Canada), K. R. Sembach (JHU), T. M. Tripp (Princeton
U. Obs.) |
| Release Date: |
August 9, 2001 2:00 p.m. (EDT) |
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