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NASA Hubble Space Telescope Collection
Title:
Hubble Spies Shells of Sparkling Stars Around Quasar
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About the Object Object Name: MC2 1635 119, MC2 1635 11.9 Object Description: Shell structure around a QSO Position (J2000): R.A. 16h 37m 46s.51
Dec. 11° 49' 49".34 Constellation: Hercules Dimensions: This image is roughly 1.2 arcminutes (600,000 light-years or 180 kiloparsecs) wide. Redshift The object has a redshift, z = 0.146. About the Data Data Description:

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/Carneg ie Institution of Washington).

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

Instrument: ACS/WFC Exposure Date(s): June 28/July 4, 2005 Exposure Time: 3.2 hours Filters: F606W (V) About the Image Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and G. Canalizo (University of California, Riverside) Release Date: October 25, 2007 Orientation: Quasar MC2 1635 119 and Host Galaxy [ http://imgsrc.hubbl…]
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*Release Date*:October 25, 2007 01:00 PM (EDT)
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*Title*:Hubble Spies Shells of Sparkling Stars Around Quasar
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*News Release Number:*: STScI-2007-39b
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Hercules
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COMPASS
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Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
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stars
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Washington
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California
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Hawaii
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Czech Republic
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Prague
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Washington, D.C.
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July 4, 2005
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October 25, 2007
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SPD-HUBBLE-STScI-200 7-39b
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Release Date:
October 25, 2007 01:00 PM (EDT)

Hubble Spies Shells of Sparkling Stars Around Quasar