**UGC 11397, a spiral galaxy in Lyra, lies 250 million light-years away. At its core: a supermassive black hole (174 million solar masses), hidden by a dust torus. Detected via X-ray emission, it's a Type 2 Seyfert galaxy. Studied with Hubble to trace black hole growth and star formation in galactic nuclei. *Title of the Work: Hubble Captures an Active Galactic Center. *Type of Work: #Photography *Creator/Author: ESA/Hubble & NASA, M. J. Koss, A. J. Barth *Original Source/Platform: https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/hubble-captures-an-active-galactic-center/ *Posting: Jun 27, 2025 *Description or Context: This Hubble image shows the spiral galaxy UGC 11397. *License or Usage: License or Usage: Unknown. No copyright infringement intended — shared purely for appreciation and commentary. *Use Purpose: appreciation, commentary, education, archival, non-commercial. ⚠️𝑫𝑰𝑺𝑪𝑳𝑨𝑰𝑴𝑬𝑹: 𝑳𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒓 𝑼𝒔𝒂𝒈𝒆: 𝑳𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒓 𝑼𝒔𝒂𝒈𝒆: 𝑼𝒏𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒏. 𝑵𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒑𝒚𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 — 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒚.𝑼𝒔𝒆 𝑷𝒖𝒓𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒆: 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒚, 𝒆𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒍, 𝒏𝒐𝒏-𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍. 𝑵𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒑𝒚𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 — 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒚. 𝑭𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒊𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒔. 𝑳𝒆𝒕’𝒔 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒊𝒕 𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓, 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒍𝒚, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒇𝒖𝒍.
𝐷𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ 𝑖𝑠𝑛’𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑑𝑦. 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑙𝑦 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑘𝑠 𝑢𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒, 𝑗𝑜𝑦, 𝑜𝑟 𝑝𝑢𝑟𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑢𝑠—𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑤𝑒’𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒, 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔.
#Photography #SpacePhotography #CosmicBeauty #Cosmos #UGC11397 #SpiralGalaxy #Lyra #SupermassiveBlackHole #HubbleTelescope
