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Ancient Black Hole Speeds Through Sun's Galactic Neighborhood, Devouring Companion Star
CreditsA. Feild (STScI)
- Date
- Jan 1, 2001
- Mission
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Archive ID
- hubblesite-images-2001-29-1099-image
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A. Feild (STScI)Image Details
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | XTE J1118+480 |
| Object Description | Black Hole X-ray Nova |
| R.A. Position | 11h 18m 10.90s |
| Dec. Position | +48° 02' 13.0'' |
| Constellation | Ursa Major |
| Distance | 6,000 light-years from Earth |
| About The Data | |
| Data Description | Principal Astronomers: F. Mirabel (Inst. for Astronomy and Space Physics of Argentina and French Atomic Energy Commission), V. Dhawan (NRAO), R. Mignani (ESO), I. Rodrigues (Brazilian National Research Council at the French Atomic Energy Commission), F. Guglielmetti (STScI) About the DSS Data: Instrument: Glass photographic plates taken at the Schmidt telescope at the California Institute of Technology's Palomar Observatory; scanned for the Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) Projects. Scan Epoch: DSS POSS-I, and DSS POSS-II Filters: IIIaJ emulsion (blue), IIIaF emulsion (red), and IIIaJ emulsion (blue) Exposure Dates: 1953, 1991, 1995, and 1996 About the X-Ray Data: Instrument: NASA's Rossi X-Ray Timing Experiment (RXTE) Filters: X-Ray wavelengths (2 - 250 keV) Exposure Date: March 29, 2000 About the VLBA Data: Instrument: NRAO's Very Large Baseline Array (VLBA) Filters: 8.4 and 15.4 GHz Exposure Date: May and July, 2000 |
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