Twin Quasar with Spiral Galaxy NGC3079
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| Object |
Twin Quasar Q0957+0561A with Spiral Galaxy NGC3079, in Ursa Major |
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| Telescope (Photo) | Celestron 11" EdgeHD OTA @ f/7 on Losmandy G-11 Mount | |
| Telescope (Guiding) | Orion EON 80mm ED Refractor @ f/12.5 on Losmandy G11 Mount | |
| Camera (Photo) | Canon 60Da DSLR Camera using ImagesPlus 5.0 Camera Control | |
| Camera (Guiding) | SBIG ST-i w/PHD Guiding | |
| Exposure Detail | 20 images at 300 seconds each, ISO3200; RAW file conversion, full calibration (flat, dark, bias, flat-dark), and initial image processing using ImagesPlus 5.75; final image processing using Photoshop CS5 | |
| Location |
Private Property at
Chiefland Astronomy Village, Florida (N29.406, W82.860) |
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| Date | 03/31/2014 | |
| Comments | The Twin Quasar is an example of a gravitational lens. The double image is in reality a single bright quasar (bright hyper-distant active galactic nucleus) but appears as two due to its light being gravitationally bent around a foreground object. |