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Disk around a Black Hole in Galaxy NGC 7052 (Hubble WFPC2 View)
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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. Show in archive: true
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.