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Image: Hubble captures an active galactic center
The light that the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope collected to create this image reached the telescope after a journey of 250 million years. Its source was the spiral galaxy UGC 11397, which resides in the constellation Lyra (The Lyre). At first glance, UGC 11397 appears to be an average spiral galaxy: it sports two graceful spiral arms that are illuminated by stars and defined by dark, clumpy clouds of dust.
The light that NASA/ESA Hubble collected to create this image reached the telescope after a 250 million-year voyage. Its source was the Spiral Galaxy UGC 11397, which resides in the constellation Lyra (The Lyre). At first glance, the UGC 11397 seems to be an average spiral galaxy: [...]
Hubble Captures an Active Galactic Center
ESA/Hubble & NASA, M. J. Koss, A. J. Barth The light that the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope collected to create this image reached the telescope after a journey of 250 million years. Its source was the spiral galaxy UGC 11397, which resides in the constellation Lyra (The Lyre). At first glance, UGC 11397 appears to be an average spiral galaxy: it sports two graceful spiral arms that are illuminated by stars and defined by dark, clumpy clouds o…
At first glance, an average spiral galaxy, but appearances can be deceiving: galaxy UGC 11397 harbors a supermassive black hole of 174 million solar masses. Thanks to Hubble's sharp gaze, we see how this cosmic monster devours dust and stars - hidden behind a cloud of dust. The light took 250 million years to reach us, but now […] More science? Read the latest articles on Scientias.nl .
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured a seemingly ordinary spiral galaxy in visible light, but at its core is hidden a giant black hole with a mass 174 million times that of the sun, and it is in an extremely active feeding state, which is not observable in visible light.
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