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Dust Disk Around a Black Hole in Galaxy NGC 7052

Dust Disk Around a Black Hole in Galaxy NGC 7052
  • Object Name
    Object NameA name or catalog number that astronomers use to identify an astronomical object.
    NGC 7052
  • Release Date
    June 18, 1998
  • Science Release
    Hubble Uncovers Dust Disk around a Massive Black Hole
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  • Credit
    Credit: Roeland P. van der Marel (STScI), Frank C. van den Bosch (Univ. of Washington), and NASA.

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Mar 28, 2025
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NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
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