Close-up Look at a Jet near a Black Hole in Galaxy M87 (Hubble WFPC2 View)
A visible light image of the giant elliptical galaxy M 87, taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 in February 1998, reveals a brilliant jet of high-speed electrons emitted from the nucleus (diagonal line across image). The jet is produced by a 3-billion-solar-mass black hole.
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About the Image
NASA press release
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| Id: | opo9943c |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 27 October 1999, 20:00 |
| Size: | 521 x 281 px |
About the Object
| Name: | M 87, Messier 87, NGC 4486, Virgo Galaxy |
| Type: | • Local Universe : Planet : Satellite • Local Universe : Galaxy : Size : Giant • Local Universe : Galaxy : Component : Central Black Hole • Quasars/AGN/Black Hole Images/Videos |
| Distance: | 55 million light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Ultraviolet U |
300 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Optical B |
450 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Optical V |
606 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Infrared I |
814 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
