File:NGC 1275 Hubble.jpg
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English: This Hubble Space Telescope image of galaxy NGC 1275 reveals the fine, thread-like filamentary structures in the gas surrounding the galaxy. The red filaments are composed of cool gas being suspended by a magnetic field, and are surrounded by the 100-million-degree Fahrenheit hot gas in the center of the Perseus galaxy cluster.
The filaments are dramatic markers of the feedback process through which energy is transferred from the central massive black hole to the surrounding gas. The filaments originate when cool gas is transported from the center of the galaxy by radio bubbles that rise in the hot interstellar gas. At a distance of 230 million light-years, NGC 1275 is one of the closest giant elliptical galaxies and lies at the center of the Perseus cluster of galaxies. The galaxy was photographed in July and August 2006 with the Advanced Camera for Surveys in three color filters. Coordinates Position (RA): 3 19 48.39 Position (Dec): 41° 30' 41.00" Field of view: 3.86 x 2.99 arcminutes Orientation: North is 8.5° left of vertical Colours & filters Band Wavelength Telescope Optical B 435 nm Hubble Space Telescope ACS Optical V 550 nm Hubble Space Telescope ACS Optical R 625 nm Hubble Space Telescope ACS. |
| Date | July and August, 2006/August 20, 2008 |
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http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2008/28/image/a/ https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/images/2008/28/2375-Image.html |
| Author | NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration |
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This file is in the public domain because it was created by NASA and ESA. NASA Hubble material (and ESA Hubble material prior to 2009) is copyright-free and may be freely used as in the public domain without fee, on the condition that only NASA, STScI, and/or ESA is credited as the source of the material. This license does not apply if ESA material created after 2008 or source material from other organizations is in use. The material was created for NASA by Space Telescope Science Institute under Contract NAS5-26555, or for ESA by the Hubble European Space Agency Information Centre. Copyright statement at hubblesite.org or 2008 copyright statement at spacetelescope.org. For material created by the European Space Agency on the spacetelescope.org site since 2009, use the {{ESA-Hubble}} tag. |
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