M87 - Eliptical galaxy in Virgo 53 million ly away. This image shows the plasma jet of matter ejected from a supermassive black hole at the core of the galaxy (shown here at 10:00 orientation). Imaged with a DSI RC10c and FLI ML6303 camera; FOV = 14.6' x 17.3'; 2 hrs of lum 40 min each RGB; 4/25/19 Little Blair Valley, CA. Click here for Wikipedia description or here for updated information on M87's black hole |