M87

stsci_1999-43b October 27th, 1999

Credit: National Radio Astronomy Observatory/National Science Foundation

This radio image of the galaxy M87, taken with the Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope in February 1989, shows giant bubble-like structures where radio emission is thought to be powered by the jets of subatomic particles coming from the the galaxy's central black hole. The false color corresponds to the intensity of the radio energy being emitted by the jet. M87 is located 50 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

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Image Type: Observation
Object Name: M87
Subject - Local Universe: Galaxy > Type > Elliptical; Galaxy > Activity > AGN; Nebula > Type > Jet

Distance

50,000,000 light years

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 12h 30m 48.6s; DEC = 12° 23’ 31.0”
Constellation: Virgo

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	VLA	Radio	-

ID: 1999-43b
Subject Category: C.5.1.4 C.5.3.2 C.4.1.5
Subject Name: M87
Credits: National Radio Astronomy Observatory/National Science Foundation

Release Date: 1999-10-27T00:00:00
Lightyears: 50,000,000
Redshift: 50,000,000
Reference Url: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1999/news-1999-43

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

Facility: VLA
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Band: Radio
Bandpass
Central Wavelength

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox
Reference Value: 187.70244020361, 12.39194282361
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Resource ID: STSCI-H-p9943b-f-559x305.tif

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Related Resources: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/1999/43

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

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50,000,000 light years