Active galaxy Markarian 509
esahubble_ann1121a September 29th, 2011
Credit: NASA, ESA, J. Kriss (STScI) and J. de Plaa (SRON)
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the galaxy Markarian 509. The bright object at the centre of the galaxy, which appears like a star, is an active galactic nucleus. This is a bright celestial phenomenon caused by matter glowing as it falls into a supermassive black hole at the heart of the galaxy.The surroundings of the black hole in Markarian 509 have been studied in a major campaign which includes the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, as well as other telescopes in space and on the ground.
Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA
Image Source: http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/ann1121a/
Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- ann1121a
- Subject Category
- C.5.3.2.2
- Subject Name
- Mrk 509
- Credits
- NASA, ESA, J. Kriss (STScI) and J. de Plaa (SRON)
- Release Date
- 2011-09-29T14:10:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/ann1121a/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Instrument
- WFPC2
- Color Assignment
- Blue
- Band
- Optical
- Bandpass
- y
- Central Wavelength
- 547
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- 1445
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 311.04052277, -10.7233819304
- Reference Dimension
- 1500.0, 1500.0
- Reference Pixel
- 750.0, 750.0
- Scale
- -1.92140666063e-06, 1.92140666063e-06
- Rotation
- 56.640000000000008
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- ESA/Hubble
- URL
- http://www.spacetelescope.org/
- Name
- 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
- ann1121a
- Resource URL
- http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/ann1121a.tif
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- Metadata Date
- 2015-10-02T14:25:36.387049
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
