Black Hole Jerked Around Twice

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chandra_458 July 21st, 2010

Credit: X-ray (NASA/CXC/UMD/Hodges-Kluck

The close-up view in the inset shows a composite image of the galaxy 4C +00.58 in X-rays from Chandra (gold) and radio waves from the Very Large Array (blue). New data suggest the giant black hole has been flipped around, causing its spin axis to point in a different direction from before. The deep Chandra X-ray image shows hot gas in and around 4C +00.58 and reveals four different cavities -- regions of lower than average X-ray emission -- around the black hole. The X-ray data when combined with the radio information suggests that collisions with other galaxies may have caused the black hole to shift the direction it was spinning.

Provider: Chandra X-ray Observatory

Image Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/4c0058/

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
4C+00.58
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Elliptical
Galaxy > Component > Central Black Hole

Distance

Universescale3
780,000,000 light years
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 16h 6m 13.9s
DEC = 0° 0’ 45.6”
Orientation
North is up
Field of View
14.4 x 14.4 arcminutes
Constellation
Serpens

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue SDSS (SDSS-r) Optical 616.5 nm
Green SDSS (SDSS-g) Optical 468.6 nm
Red SDSS (SDSS-i) Optical 748.1 nm
Orange Chandra (ACIS) X-ray (X-ray) 826.7 pm
NRAO (VLA) Radio (L-band) 200.0 mm
Spectrum_xray2
Blue
Green
Red
Orange
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ID
458
Subject Category
C.5.1.4   C.5.4.6  
Subject Name
4C+00.58
Credits
X-ray (NASA/CXC/UMD/Hodges-Kluck
Release Date
2010-07-21
Lightyears
780,000,000
Redshift
0.059
Reference Url
http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/4c0058/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
Facility
SDSS, SDSS, SDSS, Chandra, NRAO
Instrument
SDSS-r, SDSS-g, SDSS-i, ACIS, VLA
Color Assignment
Blue, Green, Red, Orange
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical, X-ray, Radio
Bandpass
-, -, -, X-ray, L-band
Central Wavelength
616.5, 468.6, 748.1, 0.8267, 2e8
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
241.5579440, 0.0126692, 241.5535726, 0.0068455
Reference Dimension
3600.0, 3600.0, 2400.0
Reference Pixel
1801.0, 1801.0, 1201.0
Scale
6.66889e-05, 6.6688937e-05, 1.06647e-05, 1.0664703e-05
Rotation
-0.01
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
WCS retrieved using CXCs PinpointWCS
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 Center
Publisher ID
chandra
Resource ID
4c0058.tif
Metadata Date
2012-08-15
Metadata Version
1.2
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780,000,000 light years

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