HUBBLE ATLAS
Hubble+Chandra: Object #3 53.057987-27.833524 (AGN, GOODS field) — image from the Hubble Space Telescope

Black holes

Hubble+Chandra: Object #3 53.057987-27.833524

June 1, 2004 · ESA/Hubble · AGN, GOODS field

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The combined power of NASA 's Great Observatories - the Hubble Space Telescope, the Chandra X-ray Observatory, and the Spitzer Space Telescope - have been combined to find a hidden population of supermassive black holes in the universe. It took the penetrating view of Spitzer to finally uncover the black holes and their surrounding galaxies.