Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Virgo (Vir)  ·  Contains:  IC 3443  ·  M 87  ·  NGC 4476  ·  NGC 4478  ·  NGC 4486  ·  Virgo Galaxy
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M 87 and the relativistic jet, gigiastro
M 87 and the relativistic jet, gigiastro

M 87 and the relativistic jet

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M 87 and the relativistic jet, gigiastro
M 87 and the relativistic jet, gigiastro

M 87 and the relativistic jet

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In 2019 radio astronomers, for the first time, from data provided by observatories from around the world, generated the image of a ring of hot matter around the black hole in the galaxy M87.

A supermassive black hole in the core of a giant galaxy;

a jet of matter pushed at relativistic speed,

produced by the fantastic energy unleashed by that

black hole, when it swallows everything that comes close to it:

there is everything you need to be strongly fascinated!

In an overcast sky, I was able to make few poses

when there was a fleeting gap in the clouds.

For once, a short exposure proved more effective ...

drizzled - cropped - resampled

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