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Ring Around a Suspected Black Hole in Galaxy NGC 4261
The gravitational pull of a suspected super-massive black hole forms a frisbee-like disk of cool gas, at the core of an energetic galaxy. Subsequent Hubble observations of yet another active galaxy (M87) confirmed the reality of monstrous black holes - gravitational "sink holes"...
- Date
- Jan 1, 1995
- Mission
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Archive ID
- hubblesite-images-1995-49-383-image
The gravitational pull of a suspected super-massive black hole forms a frisbee-like disk of cool gas, at the core of an energetic galaxy. Subsequent Hubble observations of yet another active galaxy (M87) confirmed the reality of monstrous black holes - gravitational "sink holes" that trap everything, even light. (Image Released: November 1992)
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Credit: L. Ferrarese (Johns Hopkins University) and NASAImage Details
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | NGC 4261 |
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