BL Lac's host galaxy detected | Astrobiscuit | Page 1

mortal cairn Oct 9, 2024, 4:28 PM

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C8 with ASI183MM Pro + L filter at 2032mm, f/10, 0.22"/px.
Comparaison with PanSTARRS g band data from 2016.
Moving stars and disappearing ones are artefacts.

ember cradle Oct 10, 2024, 12:24 AM

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Pardon my ignorance, what am I looking at here?

mortal cairn Oct 10, 2024, 6:53 AM

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ember cradle Pardon my ignorance, what am I looking at here?

The Host Galaxy of the blazar BL Lac

ember cradle Oct 10, 2024, 6:58 AM

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Ohhh ok, a Blazar is just a Quasar but one of the relativistic jets are pointed directed at Earth. Had not even heard of Blazars before this.

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So this is an image of a galaxy with a Blazar in the center?

mortal cairn Oct 10, 2024, 7:06 AM

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ember cradle So this is an image of a galaxy with a Blazar in the center?

A blazar in itself is a Galaxy but other than that yes

ember cradle Oct 10, 2024, 7:08 AM

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Ah, right

mortal cairn Oct 10, 2024, 7:33 AM

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ember cradle Ah, right

But what really makes it special is that the core is insanely bright and getting the galaxy is a bit of challenge

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