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Edge-on Spiral Galaxy ESO 243-49
ESO 243-49 is believed to be home to an intermediate-mass black hole, HLX-1. The edge-on spiral galaxy is 290 million light-years from Earth. CreditsNASA, ESA, and S. Farrell (Sydney Institute for Astronomy, University of Sydney)
- Date
- Jan 1, 2012
- Mission
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Archive ID
- hubblesite-images-2012-11-2994-image
ESO 243-49 is believed to be home to an intermediate-mass black hole, HLX-1. The edge-on spiral galaxy is 290 million light-years from Earth.
Credits
NASA, ESA, and S. Farrell (Sydney Institute for Astronomy, University of Sydney)Image Details
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | ESO 243-49 HLX-1 |
| Object Description | Edge-on Spiral Galaxy with Black Hole |
| R.A. Position | 01h 10m 27.73s |
| Dec. Position | -46° 4' 27.3" |
| Constellation | Phoenix |
| Distance | 290 million light-years (100 million parsecs) |
| About The Data | |
| Data Description | The image was created from Hubble data from proposal : S. Farrell (Sydney Institute for Astronomy, University of Sydney), C. Knigge and T. Maccarone (University of Southampton), A. Gosling (University of Oxford), M. Servillat (Harvard University), K. Wiersema (University of Leicester), and N. Webb, D. Barret, and O. Godet (Centre d' Etude Spatiale des Rayonnements, Toulouse, France) |
| Instrument | HST>WFC3/UVIS and HST>WFC3/IR |
| Exposure Dates | September 23-24, 2010, Exposure Time: 50 minutes |
| Filters | WFC3/UVIS: F390W (C), F555W (V), and F774W (i) WFC3/IR: F160W (H) |
| About The Image | |
| Color Info | This image is a composite of separate exposures acquired by the WFC3 instrument on HST. Several filters were used to sample broad wavelength ranges. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic (grayscale) image associated with an individual filter. In this case, the assigned colors are: Blue: F390W (C) Aquamarine: F555W (V) Yellow/green: F774W (i) Red: F160W (H) |
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