Active Galaxy NGC 4438

Esahubble_opo0021b_1024

esahubble_opo0021b June 5th, 2000

Credit: NASA/ESA, Jeffrey Kenney (Yale University), Elizabeth Yale (Yale University)

A monstrous black hole's rude table manners include blowing huge bubbles of hot gas into space. At least, that's the gustatory practice followed by the supermassive black hole residing in the hub of the nearby galaxy NGC 4438. Known as a peculiar galaxy because of its unusual shape, NGC 4438 is in the Virgo Cluster, 50 million light-years from Earth.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0021b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
IRAS 12252+1317 NGC 4438
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Component > Central Black Hole
Esahubble_opo0021b_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 12h 27m 45.7s
DEC = 13° 0’ 30.3”
Orientation
North is 80.5° CCW
Field of View
0.5 x 0.4 arcminutes
Constellation
Virgo

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Magenta Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (H-alpha) 656.0 nm
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Infrared (I) 814.0 nm
Orange Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (NII) 658.0 nm
Green Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (R) 675.0 nm
Blue Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (B) 450.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Magenta
Red
Orange
Green
Blue
Esahubble_opo0021b_1280
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ID
opo0021b
Subject Category
C.5.4.6  
Subject Name
IRAS 12252+1317, NGC 4438
Credits
NASA/ESA, Jeffrey Kenney (Yale University), Elizabeth Yale (Yale University)
Release Date
2000-06-05T16:30:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0021b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Magenta, Red, Orange, Green, Blue
Band
Optical, Infrared, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
H-alpha, I, NII, R, B
Central Wavelength
656, 814, 658, 675, 450
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
186.940217875, 13.0084162353
Reference Dimension
316.0, 245.0
Reference Pixel
158.0, 122.5
Scale
-2.76931022862e-05, 2.76931022862e-05
Rotation
80.519999999999968
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
opo0021b
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:16:19+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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