Odd Couple Widely Separated by Time and Space
Appearances can be deceiving. In this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image, an odd celestial duo, the spiral galaxy NGC 4319 [center] and a quasar called Markarian 205 [upper right], appear to be neighbors. In reality, the two objects don't even live in the same city. They are separated by time and space. NGC 4319 is 80 million light-years from Earth. Markarian 205 (Mrk 205) is more than 14 times farther away, residing 1 billion light-years from Earth. The apparent close alignment of Mrk 205 and NGC 4319 is simply a matter of chance.
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About the Image
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| Id: | opo0223a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 3 October 2002, 06:00 |
| Size: | 1078 x 1072 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Mrk205, NGC 4319, QSO B1219+7535 |
| Type: | • Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral • Early Universe : Galaxy : Activity : AGN : Quasar • Galaxies Images/Videos |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Optical B |
439 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Optical V |
555 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Infrared I |
814 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
