Starvation Diet for Black Hole Dims Brilliant Galaxy
chandra_642 November 9th, 2016
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Univ of Sydney/R.McElroy et al, Optical: ESO/CARS Survey
Astronomers may have solved the mystery of the peculiar volatile behavior of a supermassive black hole at the center of a galaxy. This image shows data from Chandra (right) and the Very Large Telescope (left) of Markarian 1018. Data from these and other telescopes suggest that the supermassive black hole within this galaxy is no longer being fed enough fuel to make its surroundings shine brightly.
Provider: Chandra X-ray Observatory
Image Source: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2016/mrk1018/
Curator: Chandra X-ray Observatory, Cambridge, MA, USA
Image Use Policy: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html
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- ID
- 642
- Subject Category
- C.5.3.2.2
- Subject Name
- Markarian 1018
- Credits
- X-ray: NASA/CXC/Univ of Sydney/R.McElroy et al, Optical: ESO/CARS Survey
- Release Date
- 2016-11-09
- Lightyears
- 590,000,000
- Redshift
- 590,000,000
- Reference Url
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2016/mrk1018/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Chnadra, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope
- Instrument
- ACIS, MUSE, MUSE, MUSE, MUSE
- Color Assignment
- Purple, Blue, Blue, Green, Red
- Band
- X-ray, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- X-ray, u, G, r, i
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 31.566625, -0.2914444
- Reference Dimension
- Reference Pixel
- Scale
- Rotation
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Position
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- Chandra X-ray Observatory
- URL
- http://chandra.harvard.edu
- Name
- Chandra X-ray Observatory Center
- 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
- mrk1018.tif
- Resource URL
- http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2016/mrk1018/mrk1018.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2016-11-14T13:36:37-05:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
