Composite images showing the galaxy 0313-192, the first spiral galaxy known to be producing a giant radio-emitting jet. At left is a wide view of 0313-192 and its surroundings, as seen with the Advanced Camera for Surveys of the NASA Hubble Space Telescope (HST), in an image made in July 2002. The radio-emitting jet, as seen with the Very Large Array (VLA) at a wavelength of 20 centimeters, is overlaid, in red on the color image. The galaxy is seen edge-on. At right is a close-up of the HST image, with another red overlay from a higher-resolution, 3-centimeter VLA image, showing the inner portion of the jet. The prominent spiral galaxy in the upper right of the large-scale image is not related to 0313-192, nearly a billion light-years from Earth, but is more than 200 million light-years closer. The complex vertical structure of the absorbing dust and the blue star-forming regions past a warp in the dust lane confirm the spiral nature of the galaxy, even though it is seen edge-on.
Credits
NASA, W. Keel (University of Alabama), M. Ledlow (Gemini Observatory), F. Owen (NRAO) and AUI/NSF| About The Object | |
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| Object Name | 0313-192 |
| Object Description | Radio Galaxy |
| R.A. Position | 03h 15m 52.0s |
| Dec. Position | -19° 6' 45.0" |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
| Distance | 900 million light-years (300 megaparsecs) |
| Dimensions | The image is roughly 1.7 arcminutes (1.5 million light-years or 450 kiloparsecs) in width. |
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| Data Description | Principal Astronomers: W. Keel, (U. Alabama, Tuscaloosa), M. Ledlow (Gemini Obs.) and F. Owen (NRAO) |
| Instrument | HST>ACS/WFC, and VLA (Radio)>"A" Configuration |
| Exposure Dates | June 13-16, 2002, Exposure Time: 0.6 hours (HST), and November 5-7,1996, Exposure Time: 8.4 hours (VLA) |
| Filters | ACS: F555W (V) and F775W (I) VLA: 1400-MHz (L-band), 8.4-Ghz |
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| R.A. Position | Right ascension – analogous to longitude – is one component of an object's position. |
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| Orientation | The rotation of the image on the sky with respect to the north pole of the celestial sphere. |
