Hidden Black Holes Revealed in GOODS Field
The combined power of NASA's Great Observatories - the Hubble Space Telescope, the Chandra X-ray Observatory, and the Spitzer Space Telescope - have been combined to find a hidden population of supermassive black holes in the universe. It took the penetrating view of Spitzer to finally uncover the black holes and their surrounding galaxies.
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About the Image
NASA press release
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| Id: | opo0419a |
| Type: | Collage |
| Release date: | 1 June 2004, 17:00 |
| Size: | 2400 x 3000 px |
About the Object
| Name: | GOODS field |
| Type: | • Early Universe : Galaxy : Activity : AGN • Early Universe : Cosmology : Morphology : Deep Field • Quasars/AGN/Black Hole Images/Videos |
Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
| X-ray | Chandra ACIS |
| Infrared | Spitzer Space Telescope IRAC |
| Optical | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |
