NGC 6099 (Hubble + Chandra)
stsci_2025-016a July 24th, 2025
Credit: Science: NASA, ESA, CXC, Yi-Chi Chang (National Tsing Hua University); Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI)
A Hubble Space Telescope image of a pair of galaxies: NGC 6099 (lower left) and NGC 6098 (upper right). The purple blob depicts X-ray emission from a compact star cluster. The X-rays are produced by an intermediate-mass black hole tearing apart a star.
Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute
Image Source: https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/nasas-hubble-chandra-spot-rare-type-of-black-hole-eating-a-star/
Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA
Image Use Policy: http://stsci.edu/copyright/
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- ID
- 2025-016a
- Subject Category
- C.3.1.10
- Subject Name
- NGC 6099
- Credits
- Science: NASA, ESA, CXC, Yi-Chi Chang (National Tsing Hua University); Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI)
- Release Date
- 2025-07-24
- Lightyears
- 453,000,000
- Redshift
- 453,000,000
- Reference Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/nasas-hubble-chandra-spot-rare-type-of-black-hole-eating-a-star/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- distance in lightyears
- Facility
- Chandra, Hubble, Hubble
- Instrument
- ACIS, WFC3/UVIS, WFC3/UVIS
- Color Assignment
- Magenta, Cyan, Orange
- Band
- X-ray, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- Central Wavelength
- 0.8267, 475, 814
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- 2000.0
- Reference Value
- 243.88480391167, 19.46071303913
- Reference Dimension
- 2278.00, 1822.00
- Reference Pixel
- 1977.56049767171, 1043.73588659240
- Scale
- -0.00001100818, 0.00001100818
- Rotation
- -2.62780116506
- 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://stsci.edu
- Name
- Space Telescope Science Institute Office of Public Outreach
- outreach@stsci.edu
- Telephone
- 410-338-4444
- Address
- 3700 San Martin Drive
- City
- Baltimore
- State/Province
- MD
- Postal Code
- 21218
- Country
- USA
- Rights
- http://stsci.edu/copyright/
- Publisher
- STScI
- Publisher ID
- stsci
- Resource ID
- STSCI-H-p25016a-f-2278x1822.tif
- Resource URL
- https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI_PR_2025-016/STSCI-H-p25016a-f-2278x1822.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2025-10-20T12:19:56-04:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
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