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Spiral Gas Disk in Active Galaxy M87

Spiral Gas Disk in Active Galaxy M87

About the Object

  • R.A. Position
    R.A. PositionRight ascension – analogous to longitude – is one component of an object's position.
    12h 30m 49.42s
  • Dec. Position
    Dec. PositionDeclination – analogous to latitude – is one component of an object's position.
    12° 23' 27.99"
  • Object Name
    Object NameA name or catalog number that astronomers use to identify an astronomical object.
    M87, NGC 4486
  • Release Date
    May 25, 1994
  • Science Release
    Hubble Confirms Existence of Massive Black Hole at Heart of Active Galaxy
  • Credit
    Credit: Holland Ford, Space Telescope Science Institute/Johns Hopkins University; Richard Harms, Applied Research Corp.; Zlatan Tsvetanov, Arthur Davidsen, and Gerard Kriss at Johns Hopkins; Ralph Bohlin and George Hartig at Space Telescope Science Institute; Linda Dressel and Ajay K. Kochhar at Applied Research Corp. in Landover, Md.; and Bruce Margon from the University of Washington in Seattle.; NASA

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Last Updated
Mar 28, 2025
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Claire Andreoli
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Maryland
claire.andreoli@nasa.gov