Digitized Sky Survey Image of PKS 0405-123 (ground-based image)

This image is a colour composite made from exposures from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2). The field of view is slightly more than 0.5 x 0.5 degrees.

Credit:

NASA, ESA, the Hubble SM4 ERO Team and Digitized Sky Survey 2

About the Image

Id:heic0910m
Type:Observation
Release date:9 September 2009, 17:00
Related releases:heic0910
Size:1903 x 1903 px

About the Object

Name:PKS 0405-123
Type:• Early Universe : Galaxy : Activity : AGN : Quasar
Distance:z=0.574 (redshift)

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