Image: Hubble Captures an Active Galactic Center

Hubble Telescope captures galaxy with a hidden, active black hole inside Spiral Galaxy UGC 11397

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has been capturing the best celestial photos from vast distances to study space. Recently, it captured a stunning image of the spiral galaxy UGC 11397, which is located 250 million light-years away in the Lyra constellation. What sets this galaxy apart is its active centre, where a supermassive black hole—174 million times the mass of our Sun—is rapidly growing. Despite being hidden by dust, the black hole reveals i…

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.

Hubble Makes A Stunning Galactic Discovery 250M Light Years Away

The gallery of breathtaking images released to commemorate Hubble's 35 years in orbit was awe inspiring all it own. Once again though, Hubble is dropping jaws, this time for a snapshot of a spiral galaxy located about 250 million light-years away. The galaxy, UGC 11397, sits in the constellation Lyra and is unique due to its special center. Upcon

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…