M87

stsci_1999-43d October 27th, 1999

Credit: NASA, National Radio Astronomy Observatory/National Science Foundation, and John Biretta (STScI/JHU)

A Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) radio image of the region close to the black hole, where an extragalactic jet is formed into a narrow beam by magnetic fields. The false color corresponds to the intensity of the radio energy being emitted by the jet. The red region is about 1/10 light-year across. The image was taken in March 1999.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/1999/news-1999-43

Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA

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Image Type: Observation
Object Name: M87
Subject - Local Universe: 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
	Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA)	Radio	-

ID: 1999-43d
Subject Category: C.4.1.5
Subject Name: M87
Credits: NASA, National Radio Astronomy Observatory/National Science Foundation, and John Biretta (STScI/JHU)

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: Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA)
Instrument
Color Assignment

Band: Radio
Bandpass
Central Wavelength

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Integration Time
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Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox
Reference Value: 187.70244020361, 12.39194282361
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Quality: Position
FITS Header
Notes: Sexagesimal RA and DEC

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Publisher: STScI
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Resource ID: STSCI-H-p9943d-f-562x480.tif

Resource URL: https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p9943d-f-562x480.tif
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