Fireworks Near Galaxy NGC 4151 (STIS Optical)
Depicts: NGC 4151, IRAS 12080+3941
Copyright: John Hutchings (Dominion Astrophysical Observatory), Bruce Woodgate (GSFC/NASA), Mary Beth Kaiser (Johns Hopkins University), Steven Kraemer(Catholic University of America), and the STIS Team
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In this false color image the two emission
lines
of oxygen gas (the weaker one at 4959 Angstroms and the stronger one at 5007
Angstroms) are clearly visible. The horizontal line passing through the
image
is from the light generated by the powerful black hole at the center of NGC
4151.
Last Update: 1 September 2019