File:Gemini Observation Deepens Mystery of Local Active Galaxy (gemini0103a).jpg

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This image shows many features believed to exist in the environment surrounding large galactic black holes like the one in M87. Very deep Gemini mid-infrared observations of M-87 have shown that the torus feature is either missing or extremely faint.

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English: This image shows many features believed to exist in the environment surrounding large galactic black holes like the one in M87. Very deep Gemini mid-infrared observations of M-87 have shown that the torus feature is either missing or extremely faint. An optical Hubble Space Telescope image of the core and prominent M-87 jet is shown as an inset to the upper left.
Date 29 October 2001 (upload date)
Source Gemini Observation Deepens Mystery of Local Active Galaxy
Author Artwork by Jon Lomberg; inset image from Hubble Space Telescope.
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