HUBBLE ATLAS
Quasar MC2 1635+119 and Host Galaxy (MC2 1635+119, MC2 1635+11.9) — image from the Hubble Space Telescope

Black holes

Quasar MC2 1635+119 and Host Galaxy

October 25, 2007 · NASA · MC2 1635+119, MC2 1635+11.9 · Hercules

Zoom to full resolution See where it is in the 3D sky Original on NASA ↗

About the data

The Hubble image was created from HST data from proposal 10421 : G. Canalizo (University of California, Riverside), A. Stockton (Institute for Astronomy/University of Hawaii), M. Lacy (Spitzer Science Center/California Institute of Technology), and F. Schweizer (Carnegie Observatories/Carnegie Institution of Washington).

The science team comprises: G. Canalizo and N. Bennert (University of California, Riverside), B. Jungwiert (University of California, Riverside/Astronomical Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague), A. Stockton (Institute for Astronomy /University of Hawaii), F. Schweizer (Carnegie Observatories/Carnegie Institution of Washington), M. Lacy (Spitzer Science Center/California Institute of Technology), and C. Peng (STScI).