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Galaxy NGC 1448 with Active Galactic Nucleus
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Galaxy NGC 1448 with Active Galactic Nucleus

NGC 1448, a galaxy with an active galactic nucleus, is seen in this image combining data from the Carnegie-Irvine Galaxy Survey in the optical range and NuSTAR in the X-ray range. This galaxy contains an example of a supermassive black hole hidden by gas and dust. X-ray emissions from NGC 1448, as seen by NuSTAR and Chandra, suggests for the first time that, like IC 3639 in PIA21087, there must be a thick layer of gas and dust hiding the active black hole in this galaxy from our line of sight. http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA21086

Date
2017-01-07
Photographer / author
NASA/JPL-Caltech/Carnegie-Irvine Galaxy Survey
Collection
JPL
Archive
NASA Image and Video Library
Type
photograph

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"Galaxy NGC 1448 with Active Galactic Nucleus" (2017-01-07). NASA/JPL/NASA/JPL-Caltech/Carnegie-Irvine Galaxy Survey. Public domain. https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA21086

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