ALMA Sees Into the Heart of the Phoenix Cluster

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ALMA Sees Into the Heart of the Phoenix Cluster

Radio jets from the supermassive black hole at the center of a galaxy in the Phoenix Cluster

ALMA image of cold molecular gas at the heart of the Phoenix Cluster. The filaments extending from the center hug enormous radio bubbles created by jets from a supermassive black hole. This discovery sheds light on the complex relationship between a supermassive black hole and its host galaxy.

Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), H. Russell et al.; B. Saxton (NRAO/AUI/NSF)

Technical Details
Telescope	ALMA; ALMA
Band	CO(3-2); CO(3-2)
Date	2014-06-15T09:17:39.696000; 2014-06-15T09:17:39.696000
Center	RA: 23:44:43.78, Dec: -42:43:14.41

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