Gravitational Lens and Quasar PG1115+080
In this NICMOS image, the four quasar images and the lens galaxy have been subtracted, revealing a nearly complete ring of infrared light. This ring is the stretched and amplified starlight of the galaxy that contains the quasar, some 8 billion light years away. (NASA/Space Telescope Science Institute).
Credit:Christopher D. Impey (University of Arizona)
About the Image
About the Object
| Name: | PG 1115+080, QSO B1115+0802 |
| Type: | Early Universe : Galaxy : Type : Gravitationally Lensed Early Universe : Galaxy : Activity : AGN : Quasar |
| Distance: | z=1.735 (redshift) |
| Category: | Quasars and Black Holes |
Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
|---|---|
| Infrared Near-IR |
Hubble Space Telescope
NICMOS |