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About this Object
Object Name:
 Hercules A, Herc A, 3C 348
Object Description:
 Active Galaxy; Radio Galaxy
Positions (J2000):
 R.A. 16h 51m 08s.15
Dec. +04° 59' 33".32
Constellation:
 Hercules
Distance:
 2.1 billion light-years (637 million parsecs or redshift z = 0.156)
About the Data
Data Description:
 The image was created from Hubble data from proposal 13065: S. Baum and C. O'Dea (Rochester Institute of Technology) and J. Stoke and F. Lo (Associated Universities, Inc.).
Instrument:
 WFC3/UVIS
Filters:
 F606W (V) and F814W (I)
Exposure Date:
 October 8, 2012
Exposure Time:
 1 hour
Notes:
 The VLA data are from the National Radio Astronomy Observatory observation project: TDEM0011: R. Perley, W. Cotton, and U. Rao (NRAO/AUI/NSF). These data were taken August 2010 through September 2011. Frequencies 4-9 GHz were measured.
About this Image
Credit:
 NASA, ESA, S. Baum and C. O'Dea (RIT), R. Perley and W. Cotton (NRAO/AUI/NSF), and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Release Date:
 November 29, 2012
Color: This image is a composite of separate exposures acquired by Hubble's WFC3 instrument and the VLA. Several filters were used to sample various wavelengths/frequencies. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic (grayscale) image associated with an individual filter. In this case, the assigned colors are:
F814W (I) orange
F606W (V) blue
VLA C Band Low (4-6 GHz) red
VLA C Band High (6-8 GHz) green
VLA X Band Low (8-9 GHz) blue
Orientation/Scale: