Monstrous Black Hole Blast in the Core of a Galaxy Cluster

Chandra_336_1024

chandra_336 November 2nd, 2007

Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Univ. Waterloo/B.McNamara; Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI/Univ. Waterloo/B.McNamara; Radio: NRAO/Ohio Univ./L.Birzan et al.

This composite image contains three views of the galaxy cluster MS 0735.6+7421. The optical view from the Hubble Space Telescope shows dozens of galaxies bound together by gravity. The Chandra X-ray Observatory finds diffuse, nearly 50-million-degree gas (blue) that permeates the space between the galaxies. The X-ray data show enormous holes, or cavities, in the gas that are filled with charged particles spiraling around magnetic field lines, which also emit radio waves (red) that are detected by the Very Large Array. The cavities were created by jets of charged particles ejected at nearly light speed from a supermassive black hole a billion times the Sun's mass in the bright central galaxy.

Provider: Chandra X-ray Observatory

Image Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2006/ms0735/

Curator: Chandra X-ray Observatory, Cambridge, MA, USA

Image Use Policy: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
MS 0735.6+7421
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Grouping > Cluster

Distance

Universescale3
2,600,000,000 light years
Chandra_336_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 7h 41m 42.4s
DEC = 74° 14’ 53.2”
Orientation
North is 0.2° CW
Field of View
1.5 x 1.5 arcminutes
Constellation
Camelopardalis

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red VLA (VLA) Radio (X-band) 35.0 mm
Yellow Hubble (ACS) Optical 850.0 nm
Blue Chandra (ACIS) X-ray (X-ray) 826.7 pm
Spectrum_xray2
Red
Yellow
Blue
Chandra_336_1280
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ID
336
Subject Category
C.5.5.3.  
Subject Name
MS 0735.6+7421
Credits
X-ray: NASA/CXC/Univ. Waterloo/B.McNamara; Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI/Univ. Waterloo/B.McNamara; Radio: NRAO/Ohio Univ./L.Birzan et al.
Release Date
2007-11-02
Lightyears
2,600,000,000
Redshift
2,600,000,000
Reference Url
http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2006/ms0735/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
Facility
VLA, Hubble, Chandra
Instrument
VLA, ACS, ACIS
Color Assignment
Red, Yellow, Blue
Band
Radio, Optical, X-ray
Bandpass
X-band, -, X-ray
Central Wavelength
3.5e7, 850, 0.8267
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
-, -, 4197
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
115.42649833300, 74.24810459560
Reference Dimension
2400.00, 2400.00
Reference Pixel
3216.25992761952, -500.10753352541
Scale
-0.00001038231, 0.00001038231
Rotation
-0.15494048234
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
World Coordinate System resolved using PinpointWCS 0.9.0 revision 213+ by the Chandra X-ray Center
Creator (Curator)
Chandra X-ray Observatory
URL
http://chandra.harvard.edu
Name
Chandra X-ray Observatory Center
Email
cxcpub@cfa.harvard.edu
Telephone
617.496.7941
Address
60 Garden St.
City
Cambridge
State/Province
MA
Postal Code
02138
Country
USA
Rights
http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html
Publisher
Chandra X-ray Observatory Center
Publisher ID
chandra
Resource ID
ms0735.tif
Metadata Date
2012-07-26T13:50:41-04:00
Metadata Version
1.2
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