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Is there a black hole in this galaxy?

Eso_eso8709a_1024

eso_eso8709a June 16th, 1987

Credit: ESO

This is a photo of Arakelian 120, an AGN galaxy which may contain a massive black hole at its centre, cf. ESO Press Release eso8709. The bright nucleus is overexposed and the underlying galaxy is only faintly visible. Most of the other objects in this field are stars in the Milky Way Galaxy.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso8709a/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: Arakelian 120
Subject - Local Universe: Galaxy > Component > Central Black Hole

Eso_eso8709a_128

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 5h 16m 11.5s; DEC = 0° 8’ 59.2”
Orientation: North is 1.4° CCW
Field of View: 9.1 x 6.8 arcminutes
Constellation: Orion

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	ESO-1.52m (None)	Optical	-

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ID: eso8709a
Subject Category: C.5.4.6
Subject Name: Arakelian 120
Credits: ESO

Release Date: 1987-06-16T00:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso8709a/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes: Distance in light years from NED

Facility: ESO 1.52-metre telescope
Instrument: None
Color Assignment: Grayscale

Band: Optical
Bandpass
Central Wavelength

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 79.047846, -0.149791
Reference Dimension: 1764.0, 1311.0

Reference Pixel: 903.926633748, 609.269952568
Scale: -8.590507e-05, 8.590507e-05
Rotation: 1.38993823853
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
FITS Header
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Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: http://www.eso.org/
Name: Zeutschel Omniscan 11
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: European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID: eso
Resource ID: eso8709a

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso8709a.tif
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Metadata Date: 2009-12-10T19:23:39+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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