The Galaxy NGC 4450 is Host to a Supermassive Black Hole

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esahubble_heic0002b June 5th, 2000

Credit: ESA HEIC/Hans-Walter Rix

The nearby spiral galaxy NGC 4450 is one of the galaxies in which Hans-Walter Rix and collaborators have identified a supermassive black hole. The picture reveals nothing unusual in the galaxy centre. Yet, the group of astronomers have measured wildly rotating gas in a disk around the centre of the galaxy with the STIS instrument onboard Hubble.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0002b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
NGC 4450
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Spiral
Galaxy > Component > Central Black Hole
Esahubble_heic0002b_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 12h 28m 28.2s
DEC = 17° 5’ 20.8”
Orientation
North is 84.2° CW
Field of View
2.5 x 2.5 arcminutes
Constellation
Coma Berenices

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (V) 555.0 nm
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Infrared (I) 814.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Blue
Red
Esahubble_heic0002b_1280
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ID
heic0002b
Subject Category
C.5.1.1   C.5.4.6  
Subject Name
NGC 4450
Credits
ESA HEIC/Hans-Walter Rix
Release Date
2000-06-05T15:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0002b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years from NED
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Blue, Red
Band
Optical, Infrared
Bandpass
V, I
Central Wavelength
555, 814
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
187.117536277, 17.0891031791
Reference Dimension
1478.0, 1506.0
Reference Pixel
739.0, 753.0
Scale
-2.764167138e-05, 2.764167138e-05
Rotation
-84.199999999999974
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/
Name
Email
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
heic0002b
Resource URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic0002b.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:02:47+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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