File:Galaxy NGC 6251 Nucleus (opo9728b).jpg
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[edit]DescriptionGalaxy NGC 6251 Nucleus (opo9728b).jpg |
English: This composite image of the core of the galaxy was constructed by combining a visible light image taken with Hubble's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2), with a separate image taken in ultraviolet light with the Faint Object Camera (FOC). While the visible light image shows a dark dust disk, the ultraviolet image (color-coded blue) shows a bright feature along one side of the disk. Because Hubble sees ultraviolet light reflected from only one side of the disk, astronomers conclude the disk must be warped like the brim of a hat. The bright white spot at the image's centre is light from the vicinity of the black hole which is illuminating the disk. |
Date | 10 September 1997 (upload date) |
Source | Galaxy NGC 6251 Nucleus |
Author | Philippe Crane (European Southern Observatory), and NASA/ESA |
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This file is in the public domain because it was created by NASA and ESA. NASA Hubble material (and ESA Hubble material prior to 2009) is copyright-free and may be freely used as in the public domain without fee, on the condition that only NASA, STScI, and/or ESA is credited as the source of the material. This license does not apply if ESA material created after 2008 or source material from other organizations is in use. The material was created for NASA by Space Telescope Science Institute under Contract NAS5-26555, or for ESA by the Hubble European Space Agency Information Centre. Copyright statement at hubblesite.org or 2008 copyright statement at spacetelescope.org. For material created by the European Space Agency on the spacetelescope.org site since 2009, use the {{ESA-Hubble}} tag. |
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Source | ESA/Hubble |
Credit/Provider | Philippe Crane (European Southern Observatory), and NASA/ESA |
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Date and time of data generation | 15:00, 10 September 1997 |
Keywords | NGC 6251 |
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http://www.spacetelescope.org/ Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2 Garching bei München, , D-85748 Germany |
IIM version | 4 |