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](https://public.nrao.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/imagespr2017cbnrao17cb01nrao17cb01b_nrao.jpg)
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)
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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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