Slender Galaxy with Robust Black Hole

NASA/JPL-Caltech/George Mason Univ.2008-01-10

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This plot of data from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope indicates that a flat, spiral galaxy called NGC 3621 has a feeding, supermassive black hole lurking within it.

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Title: Slender Galaxy with Robust Black Hole
Creator: NASA/JPL-Caltech/George Mason Univ.
Date Created: 2008-01-10
Rights: JPL

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