HUBBLE ATLAS
Disk around a black hole in galaxy NGC 7052 (ground-based view) (IRAS 21163+2613 , NGC 7052) — image from the Hubble Space Telescope

Black holes

Disk around a black hole in galaxy NGC 7052 (ground-based view)

June 18, 1998 · ESA/Hubble · IRAS 21163+2613 , NGC 7052

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Resembling a gigantic hubcap in space, a 3, 700 light-year-diameter dust disk encircles a 300 million solar-mass black hole in the center of the elliptical galaxy NGC 7052.