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)
About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo9728d |
| Type: | Artwork |
| Release date: | 10 September 1997, 15:00 |
| Size: | 800 x 582 px |
About the Object
| Name: | NGC 6251 |
| Type: | • Local Universe : Galaxy • Local Universe : Galaxy : Component : Central Black Hole |
| Distance: | 350 million light years |
