Supermassive black hole seed seen by Chandra

Esahubble_heic1610c_1024

esahubble_heic1610c May 24th, 2016

Credit: NASA/CXC/Scuola Normale Superiore/Pacucci

This image shows one of two detected supermassive black hole seeds, OBJ29323, as it is seen by the NASA Chandra Space Telescope. The properties of the X-ray data match those predicted by models produced by the Italian research team.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1610c/

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 Details

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

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Chandra (ACIS) -
None (None) -
Esahubble_heic1610c_1280
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ID
heic1610c
Subject Category
D.5.4.6  
Subject Name
OBJ29323
Credits
NASA/CXC/Scuola Normale Superiore/Pacucci
Release Date
2016-05-24T19:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1610c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Chandra, None
Instrument
ACIS, None
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
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
heic1610c
Metadata Date
2016-05-10T16:49:45-04:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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