False-colour Image Of Interacting Quasar & Galaxy
by Noao/science Photo Library
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False-colour Image Of Interacting Quasar & Galaxy
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Noao/science Photo Library
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False-colour optical image of the quasar QSO 0351+026 (top) interacting with its companion, a faint galaxy (bottom). The two objects have similar redshifts, indicating that they lie at roughly the same distance from Earth. The image was recorded by the four-metre Mayall telescope at Kitt Peak and has been computer processed to enhance the red bulge seen at right, evidence that the two objects are interacting.
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September 30th, 2018
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