File:"X" Structure at Core of Whirlpool Galaxy (Four-frame Comparison) (1992-17-69).tiff

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Hubble Space Telescope provides a detailed look at the core of the giant spiral galaxy M51.

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English: Hubble Space Telescope provides a detailed look at the core of the giant spiral galaxy M51. These images, taken at different wavelengths of light, reveal complex structure and detail in the galaxy's core, which is thought to hide a massive black hole.
Date 8 June 1992, 13:30:00 (upload date)
Source "X" Structure at Core of Whirlpool Galaxy (Four-frame Comparison)
Author H. Ford (JHU/STScI), the Faint Object Spectrograph IDT, and NASA
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