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Hubble Optical Image of Hercules A (3C 348)
This Hubble Space Telescope composite of V and I filters shows the active galaxy 3C 348, also known as Hercules A. The Hubble data were taken in October of 2012. CreditsNASA, ESA, S. Baum and C. O'Dea (RIT), and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
- Date
- Jan 1, 2012
- Mission
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Archive ID
- hubblesite-images-2012-47-3111-image
This Hubble Space Telescope composite of V and I filters shows the active galaxy 3C 348, also known as Hercules A. The Hubble data were taken in October of 2012.
Credits
NASA, ESA, S. Baum and C. O'Dea (RIT), and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)Image Details
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | Hercules A, Herc A, 3C 348 |
| Object Description | Active Galaxy |
| R.A. Position | 16h 51m 8.14s |
| Dec. Position | 04° 59' 33.32" |
| Constellation | Hercules |
| Distance | 2.1 billion light-years (637 million parsecs or redshift z = 0.156) |
| About The Data | |
| Data Description | The image was created from Hubble data from proposal : S. Baum and C. O'Dea (Rochester Institute of Technology) and J. Stoke and F. Lo (Associated Universities, Inc.). Notes:The VLA data are from the National Radio Astronomy Observatory observation project TDEM0011: R. Perley, W. Cotton, and U. Rao (NRAO/AUI/NSF). These data were taken August 2010 through September 2011. Frequencies 4-9 GHz were measured. |
| Instrument | HST>WFC3/UVIS |
| Exposure Dates | October 8, 2012, Exposure Time: 1 hour |
| Filters | F606W (V) and F814W (I) |
| About The Image | |
| Color Info | This image is a composite of separate exposures acquired by Hubble's WFC3 instrument. Several filters were used to sample various wavelengths/frequencies. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic (grayscale) image associated with an individual filter. In this case, the assigned colors are: Orange: F814W (I) Blue: WFC3/UVIS F606W (V) |
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