Galaxy M84 Nucleus
This colorful 'zigzag' is not the work of a flamboyant artist, but the signature of a supermassive black hole in the center of galaxy M84, discovered by Hubble Space Telescope's Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS).
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About the Object
| Name: | IRAS 12224+1309, M 84, Messier 84, NGC 4374 |
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| Type: | Unspecified : Galaxy : Component : Center/Core |
| Distance: | 55 million light years |
| Category: | Cosmology Quasars and Black Holes |
