A black hole, in radio and X-ray, at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy
nrao_NRAO_Gallery060 November 20th, 2013
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/UCLA/Z.Li et al; Radio: NRAO/VLA
New evidence has been uncovered for the presence of a jet of high-energy particles blasting out of the Milky Way\'s supermassive black hole known as Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*). This image of Sgr A* and the region around it contains some of the data used in the study, with X-rays from Chandra (purple) and radio emission from the Very Large Array (blue). Jets of high-energy particles are found throughout the Universe on large and small scales. The likely discovery of a jet from Sgr A* helps astronomers learn more about the giant black hole, including how it is spinning.
Provider: National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Image Source: https://public.nrao.edu/gallery/the-supermassive-black-hole-at-the-center-of-the-milky-way-2/
Curator: NRAO/AUI/NSF, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
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- ID
- NRAO_Gallery060
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- Sagittarius A*
- Credits
- X-ray: NASA/CXC/UCLA/Z.Li et al; Radio: NRAO/VLA
- Release Date
- 2013-11-20
- Lightyears
- 26,000
- Redshift
- 26,000
- Reference Url
- https://public.nrao.edu/gallery/the-supermassive-black-hole-at-the-center-of-the-milky-way-2/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Chandra, VLA
- Instrument
- ACIS, VLA
- Color Assignment
- Magenta, Blue
- Band
- X-ray, Radio
- Bandpass
- X-ray, K-band
- Central Wavelength
- 0.8267, 1.3e7
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 266.4168192, -29.0075832
- Reference Dimension
- 3600, 3600
- Reference Pixel
- 1801.0, 1801.0
- Scale
- 5.65325e-06, 5.6532471e-06
- Rotation
- 0.07
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- WCS retrieved using CXCs PinpointWCS
- Creator (Curator)
- NRAO/AUI/NSF
- URL
- https://public.nrao.edu
- Name
- NRAO/AUI/NSF
- outreach@nrao.edu
- Telephone
- Address
- 520 Edgemont Road
- City
- Charlottesville
- State/Province
- Virginia
- Postal Code
- 22903
- Country
- USA
- Rights
- Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
- Publisher
- Chandra X-ray Observatory Center
- Publisher ID
- nrao
- Resource ID
- sgra.tif
- Resource URL
- https://public.nrao.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/sgra.jpg
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2018-04-12T19:04:27+00:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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