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Active Galaxy NGC 4438

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A monstrous black hole's rude table manners include blowing huge bubbles of hot gas into space. At least, that's the gustatory practice followed by the supermassive black hole residing in the hub of the nearby galaxy NGC 4438. Known as a peculiar galaxy because of its unusual shape, NGC 4438 is in the Virgo Cluster, 50 million light-years from Earth.

Credit: NASA/ESA, Jeffrey Kenney (Yale University), Elizabeth Yale (Yale University)

 

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Id:opo0021a
Object:NGC 4438, IRAS 12252+1317
Type:Galaxy, Quasar/AGN/Black Hole
Instru-ment:WFPC2
Width:3001
Height:2401

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