Hubble pinpoints source of mysterious outburst
esahubble_ann1108a April 7th, 2011
Credit: NASA, ESA and A. Fruchter (STScI)
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has pinpointed the source of one of the most puzzling blast of high-energy radiation ever observed. It is at the very center of a small, distant galaxy. The galaxy appears as a bright blob at the centre of the Hubble picture. Astronomers say it is likely that a supermassive black hole at the core of the galaxy has gravitationally torn apart and swallowed a bypassing star. As the stars gas falls onto the black hole, X-ray and gamma radiation is ejected along a narrow beam towards Earth. If confirmed, this would be the first time this phenomenon has been observed.
Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA
Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/ann1108a/
Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany
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- ID
- ann1108a
- Subject Category
- D.6.2.2
- Subject Name
- GRB 110328A
- Credits
- NASA, ESA and A. Fruchter (STScI)
- Release Date
- 2011-04-07T15:00:00
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- https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/ann1108a/
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- Hubble Space Telescope
- Instrument
- WFC3
- Color Assignment
- Orange
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- Optical
- Bandpass
- V
- Central Wavelength
- 606
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- 251.208420495, 57.5831445589
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- 1200.0, 900.0
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- 600.0, 450.0
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- -5.49827569921e-06, 5.49827569921e-06
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- 0.1799999999996913
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- Creator (Curator)
- ESA/Hubble
- URL
- http://www.spacetelescope.org/
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- Telephone
- Address
- Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
- City
- Garching bei München
- State/Province
- Postal Code
- D-85748
- Country
- Germany
- Rights
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- Publisher
- ESA/Hubble
- Publisher ID
- esahubble
- Resource ID
- ann1108a
- Resource URL
- http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/ann1108a.tif
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- 2019-10-07T11:40:53.545157
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- 1.1
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