Technical facts about this news release:
| About the Object |
| Object Name: |
MC2 1635+119, MC2 1635+11.9 |
| Object Description: |
Shell structure around a QSO |
| Position (J2000): |
R.A. 16h 37m 46s.51
Dec. +11° 49' 49".34 |
| Constellation: |
Hercules |
| Dimensions: |
This image is roughly 1.2 arcminutes (600,000 light-years or 180 kiloparsecs) wide. |
| Redshift |
The object has a redshift, z = 0.146. |
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| About the Data |
| Data Description: |
The Hubble image was created from HST data from proposal 10421: G. Canalizo (University of California, Riverside), A. Stockton (Institute for Astronomy/University of Hawaii), M. Lacy (Spitzer Science Center/California Institute of Technology), and F. Schweizer (Carnegie Observatories/Carnegie Institution of Washington).
The science team comprises G. Canalizo and N. Bennert (University of California, Riverside), B. Jungwiert (University of California, Riverside/Astronomical Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague), A. Stockton (Institute for Astronomy /University of Hawaii), F. Schweizer (Carnegie Observatories/Carnegie Institution of Washington), M. Lacy (Spitzer Science Center/California Institute of Technology), and C. Peng (STScI).
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| Instrument: |
ACS/WFC |
| Exposure Date(s): |
June 28/July 4, 2005 |
| Exposure Time: |
3.2 hours |
| Filters: |
F606W (V) |
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| About the Image |
| Image Credit: |
NASA, ESA, and G. Canalizo (University of California, Riverside) |
| Release Date: |
October 25, 2007 |
| Orientation: |
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