Active galaxy M87

Esahubble_opo9423a_1024

esahubble_opo9423a May 25th, 1994

Credit: Holland Ford, Space Telescope Science Institute/Johns Hopkins University; Richard Harms, Applied Research Corp.; Zlatan Tsvetanov, Arthur Davidsen, and Gerard Kriss at Johns Hopkins; Ralph Bohlin and GeorgeHartig at Space Telescope Science Institute; Linda Dressel and Ajay K.Kochhar at Applied Research Corp. in Landover, Md.; and Bruce Margon fromthe University of Washington in Seattle NASA/ESA

A NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of a spiral-shaped disk of hot gas in the core of active galaxy M87. HST measurements show the disk is rotating so rapidly it contains a massive black hole at its hub.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9423a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
IRAS 12282+1240 M 87 Messier 87 NGC 4486 Virgo Galaxy
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Component > Central Black Hole
Esahubble_opo9423a_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 12h 30m 48.9s
DEC = 12° 23’ 31.5”
Orientation
North is 24.1° CCW
Field of View
0.3 x 0.3 arcminutes
Constellation
Virgo

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (H-alpha + Nii) 658.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Esahubble_opo9423a_1280
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ID
opo9423a
Subject Category
C.5.4.6  
Subject Name
IRAS 12282+1240, M 87, Messier 87, NGC 4486, Virgo Galaxy
Credits
Holland Ford, Space Telescope Science Institute/Johns Hopkins University; Richard Harms, Applied Research Corp.; Zlatan Tsvetanov, Arthur Davidsen, and Gerard Kriss at Johns Hopkins; Ralph Bohlin and GeorgeHartig at Space Telescope Science Institute; Linda Dressel and Ajay K.Kochhar at Applied Research Corp. in Landover, Md.; and Bruce Margon fromthe University of Washington in Seattle NASA/ESA
Release Date
1994-05-25T06:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9423a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2
Color Assignment
Red
Band
Optical
Bandpass
H-alpha + Nii
Central Wavelength
658
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
187.703953761, 12.3920897964
Reference Dimension
512.0, 512.0
Reference Pixel
256.0, 256.0
Scale
-1.06379821294e-05, 1.06379821294e-05
Rotation
24.060000000000027
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
opo9423a
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:41:26+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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