Quasars around NGC 3628
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Quasars around NGC 3628
Image of the Hamburger Galaxy (NGC 3628) acquired with SPA-2 (via a one-click observation).
I saw articles and pictures of several quasars around NGC 3628. I wondered whether these QSO's were also visible in my (processed) image & yes, they are...
QSO "Wee 52" with a redshift z = 2.43 at an estimated distance of about 10.5 billion lightyears is probably the most distant object I ever spotted in my astropics (as far as I know...).
I saw articles and pictures of several quasars around NGC 3628. I wondered whether these QSO's were also visible in my (processed) image & yes, they are...
QSO "Wee 52" with a redshift z = 2.43 at an estimated distance of about 10.5 billion lightyears is probably the most distant object I ever spotted in my astropics (as far as I know...).
SPECIFICATIONS
Telescope
SPA2 - Officina Stellare 700RC
Camera
FLI PL16803
Location
IC Astronomy Observatory, Oria, Spain
Date of observation
March 2021
Filters
LRGB
Processing
AstroPixelProcessor, Photoshop CC (incl. AstroPanel 4.2, Astronomy Tools & Denoise Projects 3 plug-ins)
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