# @hubbleesa on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DXMRcXLDuQX
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/64321485-hubbleesa-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/5bbd568acb.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-04-16T12:00:20.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Hubble Space Telescope (@hubbleesa) — https://gondola.cc/hubbleesa

## Caption

Our #HubbleTopImage looks towards the disc around a black hole 🕳️👀⁠
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This image was snapped when a team of scientists used the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to observe a quasar accretion disc – a brightly glowing disc of matter that is being slowly sucked into its galaxy’s central black hole.⁠
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The team’s study made use of gravitational lensing to give a boost to Hubble’s power! The incredible precision of the method allowed astronomers to directly measure the disc’s size and plot the temperature across different parts of the disc.⁠
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For more information check the link in bio.⁠
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📷 NASA, ESA, and J.A. Muñoz (University of Valencia)⁠
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#ESA #Hubble

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## Tags

hubble, hubbletopimage, esa

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