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Optical Jet in Galaxy NGC 3862
A NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of the central region of the galaxy NGC 3862 reveals a jet-like feature previously unseen in optical wavelengths. The image was taken with the European Space Agency's Faint Object Camera in F196 mode at a wavelength of 3400 angstroms. The image...
- Date
- Jan 1, 1992
- Mission
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Archive ID
- hubblesite-images-1992-14-63-image
A NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of the central region of the galaxy NGC 3862 reveals a jet-like feature previously unseen in optical wavelengths. The image was taken with the European Space Agency's Faint Object Camera in F196 mode at a wavelength of 3400 angstroms. The image's 0.06 arc second resolution reveals several knots and twists in the jet. The jet's full angular size is about 0.6 arc second, corresponding to a length of 740 light-years. NGC 3862 is an elliptical galaxy in a rich cluster of galaxies known as Abell 1367, located at a distance of about 260 million light- years away in the constellation of Leo. This new type of jet suggests that astronomers are seeing a new and unexpected phenomena in galactic nuclei.
Credits
Credit: P. Crane (European Southern Observatory), and NASA/ESAImage Details
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | NGC 3862 |
| R.A. Position | 11h 45m 5.08s |
| Dec. Position | 19° 36' 21.6" |
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