North is up and East is to the left. Copy of the same image without annotations, markings, and border. This is a normal blue quasar hidden behind some interstellar dust, which gives it the dusky yellow colour. This picture was taken using the 2.3-metre telescope at Siding Spring Observatory. The colour picture was produced by combining separate blue, green and red images.
North is up and East is to the left.
The other objects in the picture are unrelated stars and galaxies at different distances. Dr Paul Francis, looking through the Farnham telescope at Mt Stromlo Observatory. Dr Paul Francis at the controls of a large modern telescope. This is the sort of environment we worked in while finding and studying the pink black holes.