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May 14, 1998 12:00 AM (EDT)
News Release Number: STScI-1998-14
Hubble Provides Multiple Views of How to Feed a Black Hole
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Video: Centaurus A: Feeding a Black Hole
Running Time: 41 seconds
Zoom Sequence: Ground-based image of Centaurus A, ZOOM into the Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 Camera images of Centaurus A and its Nucleus, DISSOLVE in the HST NICMOS infrared image. The animation shows what is seen from the NICMOS image: inside the galaxy are a hot gas disk and a twisted jet and disk around feeding black hole.
Ground-based Image: NOAO/CTIO
WFPC2 and NICMOS Images: NASA and Ethan Schreier, (STScI)
Animation: Thomas Goertel, (STScI)
QuickTime Video format
Release Videos
Feeding a Black Hole in the Centaurus A Galaxy
Running Time: 20 seconds
Simulation of a Merger between an Elliptical and a Spiral Galaxy
Running Time: 20 seconds
Back Hole 'feeding' Diagram
Running Time: 20 seconds
Centaurus A: Feeding a Black Hole
Running Time: 41 seconds
SSU Webcast: Hubble Provides Multiple Views Of How To Feed A Black Hole
Running Time: 37 minutes
Dr. Shreier Summarizes the News
Running Time: 38 seconds
Dr. Marconi Describes the NICMOS Findings, with Animation
Running Time: 1 minute 53 seconds
Dr. Kinney Answers how Big is the 'Lunch' that the Black Hole is Eating
Running Time: 1 minute
Dr. Schreier Explains why the Disk is Warped
Running Time: 31 seconds
Dr. Marconi Explains why Material Spins as it Falls Toward a Black Hole
Running Time: 1 minute 4 seconds
Dr. Schreier Explains how the Merger May Have Affected the Black Hole's Disk
Running Time: 36 seconds
Question: What is Powering the Jets and Fueling the Black Hole?
Running Time: 1 minute 19 seconds
