Galaxy NGC 6251 Nucleus
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has provided a never-before-seen view of a warped disk flooded with a torrent of ultraviolet light from hot gas trapped around a suspected massive black hole.
Credit:Philippe Crane (European Southern Observatory), and NASA/ESA
About the Image
About the Object
| Name: | NGC 6251 |
| Type: | Local Universe : Star : Circumstellar Material : Disk : Accretion |
| Category: | Quasars and Black Holes |
Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
|---|---|
| Ultraviolet Near-UV |
Hubble Space Telescope
FOC |
| Optical |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |
Notes: The observation details are referring to the right image in this collage.