Multi-panel image of 3C 321
A powerful jet from a supermassive black hole is blasting a nearby galaxy in the system known as 3C 321, according to new results from NASA/ESA. This galactic violence, never seen before, could have a profound effect on any planets in the path of the jet and trigger a burst of star formation in the wake of its destruction.
Credit:
X-ray: NASA/CXC/CfA/D.Evans et al.; Optical/UV: NASA/ESA/STScI; Radio: NSF/VLA/CfA/D.Evans et al., STFC/JBO/MERLIN
About the Image
NASA press release
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NASA caption
| Id: | opo0737b |
| Type: | Collage |
| Release date: | 17 December 2007, 19:00 |
| Size: | 5100 x 1792 px |
About the Object
| Name: | 3C 321 |
| Type: | • Early Universe : Galaxy : Type : Interacting • Early Universe : Galaxy : Component : Central Black Hole • Galaxies Images/Videos |
| Distance: | z=0.096 (redshift) |
Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
| X-ray | Chandra ACIS |
| Radio | Other |
| Radio | Very Large Array (VLA) |
| Optical | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Ultraviolet | Hubble Space Telescope STIS |
| Infrared | Spitzer Space Telescope IRAC |
