Quasar PHL 909
Quasar PHL 909 is 1.5 billion light-years from Earth and lies at the core of an apparently normal elliptical galaxy.
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About the Image
NASA press release
| Id: | opo9635a4 |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 19 November 1996, 15:00 |
| Size: | 296 x 296 px |
About the Object
| Name: | PHL 909, QSO B0054+1429 |
| Type: | • Early Universe : Galaxy : Activity : AGN : Quasar |
| Distance: | z=0.171 (redshift) |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Optical V |
606 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
