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About the Image
- Date
- 2018-06-15
- ID
- ssc2018-08a
- Type
- Artwork
- Credit
- Sophia Dagnello, NRAO/AUI/NSF; NASA, STScI
About the Object
- Name
- Arp 299 Tidal Disruption Event
- Type
- Galaxy > Component > Central Black Hole
- Distance
- 1.50E+8 Light Years
A Tidal Disruption Event in Arp299B
An image of the galaxy Arp299B, which is undergoing a merging process with Arp299A (the galaxy to the left), captured by NASA's Hubble space telescope. The inset features an artist's illustration of a tidal disruption event (TDE), which occurs when a star passes fatally close to a supermassive black hole. A TDE was recently observed near the center of Arp299B.
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