Supermassive black hole seed seen by Hubble

Esahubble_heic1610b_1024

esahubble_heic1610b May 24th, 2016

Credit: NASA/STScI/ESA

This image shows one of two detected supermassive black hole seeds, OBJ29323, as it is seen by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1610b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, None, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
OBJ29323
Subject - Distant Universe
Galaxy > Component > Central Black Hole

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Orange Hubble (WFC3) Infrared (H) 1.6 µm
Spectrum_base
Orange
Esahubble_heic1610b_1280
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ID
heic1610b
Subject Category
D.5.4.6  
Subject Name
OBJ29323
Credits
NASA/STScI/ESA
Release Date
2016-05-24T19:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1610b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFC3
Color Assignment
Orange
Band
Infrared
Bandpass
H
Central Wavelength
1600
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
1800.0, 1800.0
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
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
None
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
heic1610b
Metadata Date
2016-05-10T16:48:55-04:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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