Observation sequence of Omega Centauri with HST

Video July 10, 2024
© Credit: M. Häberle (MPIA)

This video shows schematically how Omega Cen was observed with the Hubble Space Telescope. You can see the position of the camera detector during the 800 individual images. At the end, it shows the image that the astronomers created from the exposures.

More information is available in the press release Astronomers find the nearest massive black hole, a missing link in massive black hole formation.

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