Gemini Observation Deepens Mystery of Local Active Galaxy
This image shows many features believed to exist in the environment surrounding large galactic black holes like the one in M87. Very deep Gemini mid-infrared observations of M-87 have shown that the torus feature is either missing or extremely faint. An optical Hubble Space Telescope image of the core and prominent M-87 jet is shown as an inset to the upper left.
Credit:Artwork by Jon Lomberg; inset image from Hubble Space Telescope.
About the Image
Id: | gemini0103a |
Type: | Collage |
Release date: | Oct. 29, 2001, 8 p.m. |
Related releases: | gemini0103 |
Size: | 3200 x 2400 px |
About the Object
Category: | Galaxies |