Compass Image for NGC 3147

Central Black Hole in NGC 3147

A Hubble Space Telescope image of the spiral galaxy NGC 3147 appears next to an artist's illustration of the supermassive black hole residing at the galaxy’s core. The Hubble image shows off the galaxy's sweeping spiral arms, full of young blue stars, pinkish nebulas, and dust...

Spiral Galaxy NGC 3147

Hubble Probes the Black Hole Inside a Majestic Spiral Galaxy The graceful, winding arms of the majestic spiral galaxy NGC 3147 appear like a grand spiral staircase sweeping through space in this Hubble Space Telescope image. They are actually long lanes of young blue stars,...

Artist's Illustration of Black Hole in NGC 3147

This is an artist's illustration of the supermassive black hole residing at the core of spiral galaxy NGC 3147. Hubble observations of the black hole in galaxy NGC 3147 demonstrate two of Einstein's theories of relativity. In the artist's illustration of the galaxy, the...