Black Hole Disk Flare in Galaxy OJ 287
spitzer_ssc2020-11a April 28th, 2020
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC)
This artwork shows two massive black holes in the OJ 287 galaxy. The smaller black hole orbits the larger one, which remains stationary and is surrounded by a disk of gas. When the smaller black hole crashes through the disk, it produces a flare brighter than 1 trillion stars. But the smaller black hole's orbit is elongated and moving relative to the disk, causing the flares to occur irregularly.
Provider: Spitzer Space Telescope
Image Source: http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/6792-ssc2020-11a-Black-Hole-Disk-Flare-in-Galaxy-OJ-287
Curator: Spitzer Space Telescope, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- ssc2020-11a
- Subject Category
- C.3.1.10 C.5.3.2
- Subject Name
- OJ 287
- Credits
- NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC)
- Release Date
- 2020-04-28
- Lightyears
- 4,400,000,000
- Redshift
- 0.30560
- Reference Url
- http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/6792-ssc2020-11a-Black-Hole-Disk-Flare-in-Galaxy-OJ-287
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- Image Quality
- Good
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- Equinox
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- Creator (Curator)
- Spitzer Space Telescope
- URL
- http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu
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- Address
- 1200 E. California Blvd.
- City
- Pasadena
- State/Province
- CA
- Postal Code
- 91125
- Country
- USA
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- Spitzer Science Center
- Publisher ID
- spitzer
- Resource ID
- ssc2020-11a.tif
- Resource URL
- http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/uploaded_files/images/0011/9913/ssc2020-11a.tif
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- Metadata Date
- 2020-04-28
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
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