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Close-up view of the nearest pair of supermassive black holes
Close-up view of the two bright galactic nuclei, each housing a supermassive black hole, in NGC 7727, a galaxy located 89 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Aquarius. Each nucleus consists of a dense group of stars with a supermassive black hole at its centre. The two black holes are on a collision course and form the closest pair of supermassive black holes found to date. It is also the pair with the smallest separation between two supermassive black holes — observed just 1600 light-years apart in the sky.
The image was taken with the MUSE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) at the Paranal Observatory in Chile.
Mynd/Myndskeið:ESO/Voggel et al.
Um myndina
| Auðkenni: | eso2117b |
| Tegund: | Athuganir |
| Útgáfudagur: | Nóv 30, 2021, 14:00 CET |
| Tengdar fréttatilkynningar: | eso2117 |
| Stærð: | 929 x 924 px |
Um fyrirbærið
| Nafn: | NGC 7727 |
| Tegund: | Local Universe : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Black Hole |
| Fjarlægð: | 90 milljón ljósár |
| Constellation: | Aquarius |
| Flokkur: | Quasars and Black Holes |
Bakgrunnsmynd
Hnit
| Position (RA): | 23 39 53.76 |
| Position (Dec): | -12° 17' 32.53" |
| Field of view: | 0.14 x 0.13 arcminutes |
| Stefna: | Norður er 2.5° højre frá lóðréttu |
Sjá í WorldWide Telescope:
Litir og síur
| Tíðnisvið | Bylgjulengd | Sjónauki |
|---|---|---|
| Sýnilegt g | 480 nm | Very Large Telescope MUSE |
| Sýnilegt r | 625 nm | Very Large Telescope MUSE |
| Sýnilegt i | 770 nm | Very Large Telescope MUSE |
