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Hercules A Zoom Sequence

This video zooms in on the active radio galaxy Hercules A. Spectacular jets powered by the gravitational energy of a supermassive black hole in the core of the elliptical galaxy Hercules A illustrate the combined imaging power of two of astronomy's cutting-edge tools, the Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field Camera 3, and the recently upgraded Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) radio telescope in New Mexico.

Release Date
November 29, 2012
Science Release
A Multi-Wavelength View of Radio Galaxy Hercules A
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Credit
NASA, ESA, and G. Bacon (STScI)

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