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stsci_2018-05b January 11th, 2018

Credit: NASA, ESA, and J. Comerford (University of Colorado)

This is an image of galaxy SDSS J1354+1327 (lower center) and its companion galaxy SDSS J1354+1328 (upper right). The inset panel to the right is a four-color image that combines Hubble red, green and blue filtered exposures with Chandra X-ray observations colored purple. The Hubble image shows the northern bubble of hot ionized gas in the vicinity of a supermassive black hole. The black hole appears to have blasted out jets of bright light from gas it’s accreting from thecompanion galaxy. This happened twice in the past 100,000 years. While astronomers have predicted such objects can flicker on and off as a result of gas-feeding events, this is the first time one has convincingly been caught in the act. The galaxy pair is 900 million light-years from Earth.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2018/news-2018-05

Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA

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

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
SDSS J135429.05+132757.2
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Component > Central Black Hole

Distance Details Distance

Universescale3
900,000,000 light years
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Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 13h 54m 29.1s
DEC = 13° 27’ 57.0”
Orientation
North is 27.6° CW
Field of View
0.6 x 0.5 arcminutes
Constellation
Bootes

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Magenta Chandra (ACIS) X-ray (X-ray) 826.7 pm
Blue Hubble (WFC3/UVIS) Optical (B) 438.0 nm
Green Hubble (WFC3/UVIS) Optical (V) 606.0 nm
Red Hubble (WFC3/IR) Infrared (H) 1.6 µm
Spectrum_xray1
Magenta
Blue
Green
Red
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ID
2018-05b
Subject Category
C.5.4.6  
Subject Name
SDSS J135429.05+132757.2
Credits
NASA, ESA, and J. Comerford (University of Colorado)
Release Date
2018-01-11T00:00:00
Lightyears
900,000,000
Redshift
0.063
Reference Url
https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2018/news-2018-05
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
Facility
Chandra, Hubble, Hubble, Hubble
Instrument
ACIS, WFC3/UVIS, WFC3/UVIS, WFC3/IR
Color Assignment
Magenta, Blue, Green, Red
Band
X-ray, Optical, Optical, Infrared
Bandpass
X-ray, B, V, H
Central Wavelength
0.8267, 438, 606, 1600
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
2000.0
Reference Value
208.62127043212, 13.46584244109
Reference Dimension
933.00, 700.00
Reference Pixel
452.99299438159, 236.44912032832
Scale
-0.00001102961, 0.00001102961
Rotation
-27.56535542136
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
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-p1805b-f-933x700.tif
Resource URL
https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p1805b-f-933x700.tif
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Metadata Date
2018-01-05T17:11:03-05:00
Metadata Version
1.2
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