Comparison of 7 AGN observed with Chandra, Hubble, VLT and Spitzer
The combined power of NASA's Great Observatories - the Hubble Space Telescope, the Chandra X-ray Observatory, and the Spitzer Space Telescope - have been combined to find a hidden population of supermassive black holes in the universe. It took the penetrating view of Spitzer to finally uncover the black holes and their surrounding galaxies.
Credit:About the Image
About the Object
| Name: | AGN, GOODS field |
| Type: | Early Universe : Galaxy : Component : Central Black Hole Early Universe : Cosmology : Morphology : Deep Field |
| Category: | Quasars and Black Holes |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Infrared Z | 850 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
| Infrared Near-IR | 4.5 μm | Spitzer Space Telescope IRAC |
| Infrared Near-IR | 4.8 μm | Spitzer Space Telescope IRAC |
| Infrared J | 1.1 μm |
Very Large Telescope (VLT)
ISAAC |
| Infrared K | 2.2 μm |
Very Large Telescope (VLT)
ISAAC |