Artist's Impression of NGC3147 Black Hole Disc (IMAGE)

ESA/Hubble Information Centre

Artist's Impression of NGC3147 Black Hole Disc

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Artist's impression of the peculiar thin disc of material circling a supermassive black hole at the heart of the spiral galaxy NGC 3147, located 130 million light-years away.

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ESA/Hubble, M. Kornmesser

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