Truly very deep space

[ChrisM]

A few weeks ago I found our closest neighbour - Proxima Centauri and posted an image on here http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/s...d.php?t=105751.

Tonight, I imaged one of the (if not THE) most distant object readily found by amateur telescopes: Quasar 3C273 in Virgo.

Intrinsically, it is one of the brightest objects in the sky, but from nearly 2.5 BILLION light years away, we see it as a Mag 12.9 star-like object. The energy that it radiates is powered by a massive black hole and associated accretion disk. The light arriving at my telescope tonight left the quasar before the Earth was half as old as it is now.

Image: 90 secs @ ISO 1600
FoV ~ 22 arc mins

Chris

[E_ri_k (Erik)]

It's amazing we can capture light so old. Thinking how far, and how long it has travelled.
Erik

[ourkind (Carlos)]

Well done Chris thanks for sharing it.

[gts055 (Mark)]

Deep space imaging for deep and meaningful thoughts Our lives are a tiny blip on this the time scale, Mark

[Ross G]

Amazing capture Chris.


Ross.