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NASA Hubble Space Telescope Collection
Title:
Very Long Baseline Array Reveals Formation Region of Giant Cosmic Jet Near a Black Hole
Object Name:
M87
Acknowledgement:
*Credit:* NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/] and John Biretta (STScI [ http://www.stsci.ed…]/JHU)
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*Image Type:*: Astronomical
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*Release Date*:October 27, 1999 02:00 PM (EDT)
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*Title*:Very Long Baseline Array Reveals Formation Region of Giant Cosmic Jet Near a Black Hole
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*News Release Number:*: STScI-1999-43c
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*Description*:

A visible light image of the giant elliptical galaxy M87, taken with NASA Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 in February 1998, reveals a brilliant jet of high-speed electrons emitted from the nucleus (diagonal line across image). The jet is produced by a 3-billion-solar-mass black hole.
facet_what:
Camera 2
facet_what:
Visible Light
facet_what:
Wide Field Planetary Camera 2
facet_what:
Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
facet_where:
M87
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October 27, 1999
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February 1998
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1999
facet_when_year:
1998
UID:
SPD-HUBBLE-STScI-199 9-43c
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Release Date:
October 27, 1999 02:00 PM (EDT)

Very Long Baseline Array Reveals Formation Region of Giant Cosmic Jet Near a Black Hole
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