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Warped Disk Around A Bright Black Hole (Artwork)

This diagram shows the geometry of a warped disk of dust surrounding a suspected black hole in the active galaxy NGC 6251. The diagram is based on NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope images of the disk which reveal that only one side reflects light emitted from a suspected black hole, hence the disk is warped.

Credit: James Gitlin ( Space Telescope Science Institute)

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Id:	opo9728d
Object:	NGC 6251
Type:	Quasar/AGN/Black Hole, Illustration
Instru-ment:	N/A
Width:	800
Height:	582

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Warped Disk Around A Bright Black Hole (Artwork)

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