Hubble measures velocity of gas orbiting black hole

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esahubble_opo9423c August 26th, 2013

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

Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have found seemingly conclusive evidence for a massive black hole in the center of the giant elliptical galaxy M87, located 50 million light years away in the constellation Virgo. Earlier observations suggested the black hole was present, but were not decisive.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9423c/

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
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 12h 30m 49.4s
DEC = 12° 23’ 28.0”
Orientation
North is 23.9° CCW
Field of View
0.1 x 0.1 arcminutes
Constellation
Virgo

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (H-alpha + Nii) 658.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
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ID
opo9423c
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
2013-08-26T02:22:16
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9423c/
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
187.705791748, 12.3911058854
Reference Dimension
512.0, 512.0
Reference Pixel
256.0, 256.0
Scale
-2.45910956448e-06, 2.45910956448e-06
Rotation
23.919999999999963
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
opo9423c
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:41:27+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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