Blowing the Cover of a Hidden Black Hole
Color image of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 7582 which hosts a hidden black hole. MUSE observations (inset) reveal emission from a hot gaseous wind (in green) that is ionized and launched by the black hole.
Credit:Stefan Binnewies and Josef Pöpsel of Capella Observatory (background image); Stephanie Juneau of NOAO and CEA-Saclay (inset).
About the Image
| Id: | noao1702a |
| Type: | Collage |
| Release date: | June 5, 2017, 10 a.m. |
| Related releases: | noao1702 |
| Size: | 1802 x 1230 px |
