A black hole, in radio and X-ray, at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy

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nrao_NRAO_Gallery060 November 20th, 2013

Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/UCLA/Z.Li et al; Radio: NRAO/VLA

New evidence has been uncovered for the presence of a jet of high-energy particles blasting out of the Milky Way\'s supermassive black hole known as Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*). This image of Sgr A* and the region around it contains some of the data used in the study, with X-rays from Chandra (purple) and radio emission from the Very Large Array (blue). Jets of high-energy particles are found throughout the Universe on large and small scales. The likely discovery of a jet from Sgr A* helps astronomers learn more about the giant black hole, including how it is spinning.

Provider: National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Image Source: https://public.nrao.edu/gallery/the-supermassive-black-hole-at-the-center-of-the-milky-way-2/

Curator: NRAO/AUI/NSF, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Sagittarius A*

Distance

Universescale1
26,000 light years
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 17h 45m 40.0s
DEC = -29° 0’ 27.3”
Orientation
North is 0.1° CCW
Field of View
1.2 x 1.2 arcminutes
Constellation
Sagittarius

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Magenta Chandra (ACIS) X-ray (X-ray) 826.7 pm
Blue VLA (VLA) Radio (K-band) 13.0 mm
Spectrum_xray2
Magenta
Blue
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ID
NRAO_Gallery060
Subject Category
Subject Name
Sagittarius A*
Credits
X-ray: NASA/CXC/UCLA/Z.Li et al; Radio: NRAO/VLA
Release Date
2013-11-20
Lightyears
26,000
Redshift
26,000
Reference Url
https://public.nrao.edu/gallery/the-supermassive-black-hole-at-the-center-of-the-milky-way-2/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
Facility
Chandra, VLA
Instrument
ACIS, VLA
Color Assignment
Magenta, Blue
Band
X-ray, Radio
Bandpass
X-ray, K-band
Central Wavelength
0.8267, 1.3e7
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
266.4168192, -29.0075832
Reference Dimension
3600, 3600
Reference Pixel
1801.0, 1801.0
Scale
5.65325e-06, 5.6532471e-06
Rotation
0.07
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
WCS retrieved using CXCs PinpointWCS
Creator (Curator)
NRAO/AUI/NSF
URL
https://public.nrao.edu
Name
NRAO/AUI/NSF
Email
outreach@nrao.edu
Telephone
Address
520 Edgemont Road
City
Charlottesville
State/Province
Virginia
Publisher
Chandra X-ray Observatory Center
Publisher ID
nrao
Resource ID
sgra.tif
Metadata Date
2018-04-12T19:04:27+00:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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Universescalefull
26,000 light years

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