Quasar Host Galaxy
This Hubble Space Telescope image reveals the faint host galaxy that a bright quasar dwells within. The wealth of new detail in this picture helps solve a three-decade old mystery about the true nature of quasars, the most distant and energetic objects in the universe.
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About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo9416b |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 26 April 1994, 06:00 |
| Size: | 468 x 468 px |
About the Object
| Name: | IRAS Z12295+2025, QSO 1229+204 |
| Type: | • Early Universe : Galaxy : Type : Interacting • Early Universe : Galaxy : Activity : AGN : Quasar • Quasars/AGN/Black Hole Images/Videos • Cosmology Images/Videos |
| Distance: | z=0.063 (redshift) |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Optical V |
606 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Optical R |
702 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
