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Originally posted by VanderL@Nov 12 2004, 01:23 PM
the quasar is in the densest part of the galaxy, really opaque, maybe you should check Isferno's rendition of the image in the "Big Bang refuted" thread.
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Isferno's image is in Page 6, post 6. Nice false-color images. Thanks Isferno.
The image shows this quasar on the edge of a region that emits a lot of light. What makes you say that this region is opaque? Also, the quasar light is coming at the edge of this region, not the center, or at the leading edge of a dusty lane.
Side note 1: this quasar's brightness may be enhanced by some weak lensing.
Side note 2: there would certainly have been some difficulty separating out the spectrum of this quasar from the forground stars in NGC 7319.