esahubble_heic1507e April 2nd, 2015
Credit: NASA, ESA, W. Keel (University of Alabama, USA)
This new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows ghostly green filaments, lying within galaxy UGC 7342. This filament was illuminated by a blast of radiation from a quasar — a very luminous and compact region that surrounds the supermassive black hole at the centre of its host galaxy. Its bright green hue is a result of ionised oxygen, which glows brightly at green wavelengths.
Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA
Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1507e/
Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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