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Hubble Measures Velocity of Gas Orbiting Black Hole

Stsci_1994-23d_1024

stsci_1994-23d May 25th, 1994

Credit: Holland Ford, Space Telescope Sc

A 1994 Hubble Space Telescope image of M87, NGC 4486.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1994/news-1994-23

Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA

Image Use Policy: http://hubblesite.org/copyright/

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: M87 • NGC 4486
Subject - Local Universe: Galaxy > Component > Central Black Hole

Distance

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53,000,000 light years

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 12h 30m 49.5s; DEC = 12° 23’ 29.5”
Orientation: North is 29.4° CCW
Field of View: 0.2 x 0.2 arcminutes
Constellation: Virgo

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (H-alpha + NII)	658.0 nm

Spectrum_base

Red

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ID: 1994-23d
Subject Category: C.5.4.6
Subject Name: M87, NGC 4486
Credits: Holland Ford, Space Telescope Sc

Release Date: 1994-05-25T00:00:00
Lightyears: 53,000,000
Redshift: 53,000,000
Reference Url: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1994/news-1994-23

Type: Observation
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes: Distance in Lightyears

Facility: Hubble
Instrument: WFPC2
Color Assignment: Red

Band: Optical
Bandpass: H-alpha + NII
Central Wavelength: 658

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Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: 2000.0
Reference Value: 187.70625541444, 12.39153679333
Reference Dimension: 512.00, 512.00

Reference Pixel: 75.21922692549, 157.89954681116
Scale: -0.00000704812, 0.00000704812
Rotation: 29.39419971876
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
FITS Header
Notes: World Coordinate System resolved using PinpointWCS 0.9.2 revision 218+ by the Chandra X-ray Center FITS X FITS Y EPO X EPO Y 533.73 529.56 138.90 411.92 765.99 444.98 370.41 182.01 860.22 404.27 459.82 75.04 489.34 538.40 89.48 440.16 Center Pixel Coordinates: 256.00 187.70396121254 256.00 12.39196023000

Creator (Curator): STScI
URL: http://hubblesite.org
Name: Space Telescope Science Institute Office of Public Outreach
Email: outreach@stsci.edu

Telephone: 410-338-4444
Address: 3700 San Martin Drive
City: Baltimore
State/Province: MD

Postal Code: 21218
Country: USA
Rights: http://hubblesite.org/copyright/

Publisher: STScI
Publisher ID: stsci
Resource ID: STSCI-H-p9423d-f-512x512.tif

Resource URL: https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p9423d-f-512x512.tif
Related Resources: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1994/23

Metadata Date: 2022-07-06T00:00:00
Metadata Version: 1.2

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