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BootinUp

(49,036 posts)
Fri May 5, 2023, 10:14 PM May 2023

Hubble 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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Hubble image of the Sombrero galaxy #BlackHoleWeek (Original Post) BootinUp May 2023 OP
Stunning! PJMcK May 2023 #1
Awesome 👏 I don't like that over used word but it IS awesome.. Deuxcents May 2023 #2
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
Closer view BWdem4life May 2023 #5

Deuxcents

(19,753 posts)
2. Awesome 👏 I don't like that over used word but it IS awesome..
Fri May 5, 2023, 10:20 PM
May 2023

Sometimes I can’t 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
Fri May 5, 2023, 10:28 PM
May 2023

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
Fri May 5, 2023, 11:07 PM
May 2023

Of where is the beginning and is there an end and all what’s in between.

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