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Related: About this forumHubble image of the Sombrero galaxy #BlackHoleWeek
Edit to add: if you click on the esahubble.com link near the bottom and then click the image there you will get a higher resolution image!
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We celebrate Cinco de Mayo today and close out Black Hole Week with this image of the Sombrero galaxy, which harbors a central super massive black hole with 1 billion solar masses and an Event Horizon diameter of 39.4 AU.
The majestic Sombrero galaxy is 50,000 light-years across and is located 30 million light-years from Earth.
Our vantage point when viewing the galaxy is just 6° above its galactic plane.
https://esahubble.org/images/opo0328a/
#BlackHoleWeek #Hubble #CincoDeMayo
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@AkaSci@fosstodon.org
We celebrate Cinco de Mayo today and close out Black Hole Week with this image of the Sombrero galaxy, which harbors a central super massive black hole with 1 billion solar masses and an Event Horizon diameter of 39.4 AU.
The majestic Sombrero galaxy is 50,000 light-years across and is located 30 million light-years from Earth.
Our vantage point when viewing the galaxy is just 6° above its galactic plane.
https://esahubble.org/images/opo0328a/
#BlackHoleWeek #Hubble #CincoDeMayo
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Hubble image of the Sombrero galaxy #BlackHoleWeek (Original Post)
BootinUp
May 2023
OP
We just aren't equipped to wrap our brains around a billion solar masses compressed into
Chainfire
May 2023
#3
Right..we don't have that capability but I'm mesmerized by the endless possibilities
Deuxcents
May 2023
#4
PJMcK
(22,889 posts)1. Stunning!
Thanks for your post!
Deuxcents
(19,753 posts)2. Awesome 👏 I don't like that over used word but it IS awesome..
Sometimes I cant wrap my brain around the wonders of the universe.
Chainfire
(17,757 posts)3. We just aren't equipped to wrap our brains around a billion solar masses compressed into
nearly nothing. (speaking for myself)
Deuxcents
(19,753 posts)4. Right..we don't have that capability but I'm mesmerized by the endless possibilities
Of where is the beginning and is there an end and all whats in between.
BWdem4life
(2,468 posts)5. Closer view