# @nasa on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BPgD4JflZmP
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11736231-nasa-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2017-01-20T21:16:44.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA (@NASA) — https://gondola.cc/NASA

## Caption

This galaxy with an active galactic nucleus is seen in this image combining data from the Hubble Space Telescope and the European Southern Observatory. It contains an example of a supermassive black hole hidden by gas and dust. Researchers analyzed NuSTAR data from this object and compared them with previous observations from our Chandra X-Ray Observatory and the Japanese-led Suzaku satellite. The findings from NuSTAR, which is more sensitive to higher energy X-rays than these observatories, confirm the nature the galaxy as an active galactic nucleus that is heavily obscured, and intrinsically much brighter than observed.

Credit: ESO/NASA/JPL-Caltech/STScI

#nasa #hubble #hst #astronomy #nustar #chandra #nasabeyond #astronomy #galaxy #science

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astronomy, nustar, nasabeyond, science, nasa, hubble, galaxy, hst, chandra

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