Where Did That Black Hole Come From?

Esahubble_opo0218c_1024

esahubble_opo0218c September 17th, 2002

Credit: NASA/ESA and Michael Rich (UCLA)

Medium-size black holes actually do exist, according to the latest findings from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, but scientists had to look in some unexpected places to find them. The previously undiscovered black holes provide an important link that sheds light on the way in which black holes grow. Even more odd, these new black holes were found in the cores of glittering, 'beehive' swarms of stars called globular star clusters, which orbit our Milky Way and other galaxies. G1 is a large globular cluster and harbors a hefty black hole, about 20, 000 times more massive than our Sun.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0218c/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
G1 Mayall II
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Grouping > Cluster > Globular
Esahubble_opo0218c_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 0h 32m 46.7s
DEC = 39° 34’ 40.0”
Orientation
North is 79.3° CCW
Field of View
0.4 x 0.5 arcminutes
Constellation
Andromeda

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Hubble (WFPC2) Infrared (I) 814.0 nm
Hubble (STIS ) Optical (R) 750.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (V) 555.0 nm
Hubble (STIS ) Optical (B) 450.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Esahubble_opo0218c_1280
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ID
opo0218c
Subject Category
B.3.6.4.2  
Subject Name
G1, Mayall II
Credits
NASA/ESA and Michael Rich (UCLA)
Release Date
2002-09-17T18:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0218c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2, STIS , WFPC2, STIS
Color Assignment
Band
Infrared, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
I, R, V, B
Central Wavelength
814, 750, 555, 450
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
8.1944063047, 39.5777858846
Reference Dimension
473.0, 628.0
Reference Pixel
236.5, 314.0
Scale
-1.2641906325e-05, 1.2641906325e-05
Rotation
79.280000000000058
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
opo0218c
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:21:08+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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