Saturday, March 19, 2011

The Eye of Sauron Galaxy

galaxy 4151 has a black hole in the center...producing X rays that in this photo are coloured blue.



"Powerful X-rays generated by a super-massive black hole produced the bright blue 'pupil' of the eye at the centre of galaxy NGC 4151. The red halo around the 'pupil' is made up of hydrogen atoms...."

The red halo around the 'pupil' is made up of hydrogen atoms.


So scientist have nicknamed it the eye of Sauron


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