Supermassive Black Holes in Hubble Ultra Deep Field
stsci_2024-032a September 17th, 2024
Credit: NASA, ESA, M. Hayes (Stockholm Univ); Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI)
This is a new image of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field. The first deep imaging of the field was done with Hubble in 2004. The same survey field was observed again by Hubble several years later, and was then reimaged in 2023. By comparing Hubble Wide Field Camera 3 near-infrared exposures taken in 2009, 2012, and 2023, astronomers found evidence for flickering supermassive black holes in the hearts of early galaxies. One example is seen as a bright object in the inset. Some supermassive black holes do not swallow surrounding material constantly, but in fits and bursts, making their brightness flicker. This can be detected by comparing Hubble Ultra Deep Field frames taken at different epochs. The survey found more black holes than predicted.
Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute
Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2024/news-2024-032
Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Image Details
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Position Details
Color Mapping
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Hubble (WFC3) | Optical | 435.0 nm |
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Hubble (WFC3) | Optical | 606.0 nm |
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Hubble (WFC3) | Optical | 775.0 nm |
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Hubble (WFC3) | Optical | 814.0 nm |
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Hubble (WFC3) | Optical | 850.0 nm |
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Hubble (WFC3) | Infrared | 1.1 µm |
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Hubble (WFC3) | Infrared | 1.3 µm |
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Hubble (WFC3) | Infrared | 1.4 µm |
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Hubble (WFC3) | Infrared | 1.6 µm |
- ID
- 2024-032a
- Subject Category
- D.6.1.1 D.5.4.6
- Subject Name
- Hubble Ultra Deep Field, 1051264
- Credits
- NASA, ESA, M. Hayes (Stockholm Univ); Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI)
- Release Date
- 2024-09-17T00:00:00
- Lightyears
- 10,404,000,000
- Redshift
- 10,404,000,000
- Reference Url
- https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2024/news-2024-032
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- distance in lightyears to AGN; z=2.0
- Facility
- Hubble, Hubble, Hubble, Hubble, Hubble, Hubble, Hubble, Hubble, Hubble
- Instrument
- WFC3, WFC3, WFC3, WFC3, WFC3, WFC3, WFC3, WFC3, WFC3
- Color Assignment
- Blue, Blue, Green, Green, Green, Green, Red, Red, Red
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
- Bandpass
- Central Wavelength
- 435, 606, 775, 814, 850, 1050, 1250, 1400, 1600
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- 2000.0
- Reference Value
- 53.16251583333, -27.79142777778
- Reference Dimension
- 2029.00, 1517.00
- Reference Pixel
- 1417.51715918138, 648.76741058488
- Scale
- -0.00001665936, 0.00001665936
- Rotation
- 0.19646101030
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- World Coordinate System resolved using PinpointWCS 0.9.2 revision 218+ by the Chandra X-ray Center
- Creator (Curator)
- STScI
- URL
- http://stsci.edu
- Name
- Space Telescope Science Institute Office of Public Outreach
- outreach@stsci.edu
- Telephone
- 410-338-4444
- Address
- 3700 San Martin Drive
- City
- Baltimore
- State/Province
- MD
- Postal Code
- 21218
- Country
- USA
- Rights
- http://stsci.edu/copyright/
- Publisher
- STScI
- Publisher ID
- stsci
- Resource ID
- STSCI-H-p24032a-f-2029x1517.tif
- Resource URL
- https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI_PR_2024-032/STSCI-H-p24032a-f-2029x1517.tif
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- Metadata Date
- 2024-10-09T15:31:45-04:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
