Image of the day 02/09/2014

    Messier 87 Jet [1999], Giuseppe Donatiello

    Messier 87 Jet [1999]

    Image of the day 02/09/2014

      Messier 87 Jet [1999], Giuseppe Donatiello

      Messier 87 Jet [1999]

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      Ordering my archive, I found an old floppy-disk containing several images captured with a Celestron 11 and SBIG ST-7, taken in spring 1999. Some of these images concerned the M87 galaxy and its well-known AGN. By reprocessing the images with current techniques, it was not only possible to integrate a more recent color image, but also to highlight the famous relativistic jet emerging from its core. Really exciting to take a look at a 6.5 billion solar mass supermassive black hole!

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      Messier 87 Jet [1999], Giuseppe Donatiello

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