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Back Disk around a Black Hole in Galaxy NGC 7052 (Hubble WFPC2 View)

Disk around a Black Hole in Galaxy NGC 7052 (Hubble WFPC2 View)


Depicts: NGC 7052, IRAS 21163+2613
Copyright: Roeland P. van der Marel (STScI), Frank C. van den Bosch (Univ. of Washington), and NASA.

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image was taken with the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2, in visible light. Details as small as 50 light-years across can be seen.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
22-Apr-2026 00:29 UT

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