Core of galaxy NGC 4261
This is a Hubble Space Telescope image of an 800-light-year-wide spiral-shaped disk of dust fueling a massive black hole in the centreof galaxy, NGC 4261, located 100 million light-years away in the direction of the constellation Virgo.
Credit:About the Image
About the Object
| Name: | NGC 4261 |
| Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Elliptical Local Universe : Galaxy : Component : Central Black Hole |
| Distance: | 100 million light years |
| Constellation: | Virgo |
| Category: | Quasars and Black Holes |
Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 12 19 23.21 |
| Position (Dec): | 5° 49' 29.74" |
| Field of view: | 0.07 x 0.07 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 110.3° left of vertical |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical V | 547 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |
| Optical R | 675 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |
| Infrared I | 791 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |