File:Central Black Hole in NGC 3147 (2019-35-4548).tif
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[edit]DescriptionCentral Black Hole in NGC 3147 (2019-35-4548).tif |
English: A Hubble Space Telescope image of the spiral galaxy NGC 3147 appears next to an artist's illustration of the supermassive black hole residing at the galaxy’s core. |
Date | 11 July 2019 (upload date) |
Source | Central Black Hole in NGC 3147 |
Author | Hubble Image: , , S. Bianchi (Università degli Studi Roma Tre University), A. Laor (Technion-Israel Institute of Technology), and M. Chiaberge (, , and ); Illustration: , , and A. Feild and L. Hustak () |
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Image title | The graceful, winding arms of the majestic spiral galaxy NGC 3147 appear like a grand spiral staircase sweeping through space in this Hubble Space Telescope image. They are actually long lanes of young blue stars, pinkish nebulas, and dust in silhouette.The beauty of the galaxy belies the fact that at its very center is a malnourished black hole surrounded by a thin, compact disk of stars, gas, and dust that have been caught up in a gravitational maelstrom. The black hole's gravity is so intense that anything that ventures near it gets swept up in the disk.The disk is so deeply embedded in the black hole's intense gravitational field that the light from the gas disk is modified, according to Einstein's theories of relativity, giving astronomers a unique peek at the dynamic processes close to a black hole.NGC 3147 is located 130 million light-years away in the northern circumpolar constellation Draco the Dragon. |
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Author | Space Telescope Science Institute Office of Public Outreach |
Width | 3,319 px |
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Pixel composition | RGB |
Orientation | Normal |
Number of components | 3 |
Number of rows per strip | 26 |
Horizontal resolution | 72 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 72 dpi |
Data arrangement | chunky format |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop CC 2019 (Macintosh) |
File change date and time | 11:29, 25 June 2019 |
Exif version | 2.21 |
Color space | Uncalibrated |