First ESA Faint Object Camera Science Images The Radio Galaxy PKS 0521-36

The Radio Galaxy PKS 0521-36

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has obtained the most detailed and highest resolution optical images of the radio galaxy PKS 0521-36. The observations were made with the European Space Agency's Faint Object Camera. The galaxy PKS 0521-36, which is at a distance of about one...

Radio Galaxy PKS 0521-36 - Ground-based View

In this ground-based image taken with the European Southern Observatory 3.6-meter telescope, the whole optical jet is embedded within the galaxy. To see the jet, star light from the galaxy is subtracted by computer processing.