NASA's Hubble Spots a Relic from a Shredded Galaxy

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ESO 243-49 is believed to be home to an intermediate-mass black hole, HLX-1. The edge-on spiral galaxy is 290 million light-years from Earth.

Object Name: ESO 243-49 HLX-1

Image Type: Astronomical

Credit: NASA, ESA, and S. Farrell (Sydney Institute for Astronomy, University of Sydney)

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Montage Image: Black Hole ESO 243-49 HLX-1 Image Type: Astronomical/Annotated PRC2012-11

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