Merging Quasar and Galaxy
This Hubble Space Telescope image shows evidence for a merger between a quasar and a companion galaxy. This surprising result might require theorists to rethink their explanations for the nature of quasars, the most energetic objects in the universe.
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About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo9504a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 11 January 1995, 23:30 |
| Size: | 400 x 400 px |
About the Object
| Name: | PKS 2349-014 |
| Type: | • Early Universe : Galaxy : Activity : AGN : Quasar • Quasars/AGN/Black Hole Images/Videos • Cosmology Images/Videos |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Optical V |
606 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
