{"id":24720,"date":"2021-11-30T08:00:19","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T13:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=24720"},"modified":"2021-11-30T01:12:01","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T06:12:01","slug":"eso-vlt-uncovers-closest-pair-of-supermassive-black-holes-yet-found","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=24720","title":{"rendered":"ESO: VLT uncovers closest pair of supermassive black holes yet found"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The latest report from \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eso.org\/\">ESO (European Southern Observatory)<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eso.org\/public\/news\/eso2117\/?lang\">ESO telescope uncovers closest pair of supermassive black holes yet<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24721\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24721\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eso.org\/public\/images\/eso2117a\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"24721\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=24721\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/eso2117a1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"700,358\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;ESO\/Voggel et al.; ESO\/VST ATLAS&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;This image shows close-up (left) and wide (right) views of the two bright galactic nuclei, each housing a supermassive black hole, in NGC 7727, a galaxy located 89 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Aquarius. Each nucleus consists of a dense group of stars with a supermassive black hole at its centre. The two black holes are on a collision course and form the closest pair of supermassive black holes found to date. It is also the pair with the smallest separation between two supermassive black holes found to date \\u2014 observed to be just 1600 light-years apart in the sky.\\u00a0\\u00a0 The image on the left was taken with the MUSE instrument on ESO\\u2019s Very Large Telescope (VLT) at the Paranal Observatory in Chile while the one on the right was taken with ESO&#039;s VLT Survey Telescope.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1638280800&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Close-up and wide views of the nearest pair of supermassive blac&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Close-up and wide views of the nearest pair of supermassive blac\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;This image shows close-up (left) and wide (right) views of the two bright galactic nuclei, each housing a supermassive black hole, in NGC 7727, a galaxy located 89 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Aquarius. Each nucleus consists of a dense group of stars with a supermassive black hole at its centre. The two black holes are on a collision course and form the closest pair of supermassive black holes found to date. It is also the pair with the smallest separation between two supermassive black holes found to date \u2014 observed to be just 1600 light-years apart in the sky.\u00a0\u00a0 The image on the left was taken with the MUSE instrument on ESO\u2019s Very Large Telescope (VLT) at the Paranal Observatory in Chile while the one on the right was taken with ESO&amp;#8217;s VLT Survey Telescope.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/eso2117a1.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24721\" src=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/eso2117a1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/eso2117a1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/eso2117a1-500x256.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24721\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This image shows close-up (left) and wide (right) views of the two bright galactic nuclei, each housing a supermassive black hole, in NGC 7727, a galaxy located 89 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Aquarius. Each nucleus consists of a dense group of stars with a supermassive black hole at its centre. The two black holes are on a collision course and form the closest pair of supermassive black holes found to date. It is also the pair with the smallest separation between two supermassive black holes found to date \u2014 observed to be just 1600 light-years apart in the sky.\u00a0\u00a0 The image on the left was taken with the MUSE instrument on ESO\u2019s Very Large Telescope (VLT) at the Paranal Observatory in Chile while the one on the right was taken with ESO&#8217;s VLT Survey Telescope.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Using the European Southern Observatory\u2019s Very Large Telescope (ESO\u2019s VLT), astronomers have revealed the closest pair of supermassive black holes to Earth ever observed. The two objects also have a much smaller separation than any other previously spotted pair of supermassive black holes and will eventually merge into one giant black hole.<\/p>\n<p>Located in the galaxy NGC 7727 in the constellation Aquarius, the supermassive black hole pair is about 89 million light-years away from Earth. Although this may seem distant, it beats the previous record of 470 million light-years by quite some margin, making the newfound supermassive black hole pair the closest to us yet.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GfNQfUloEyA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Supermassive black holes lurk at the centre of massive galaxies and when two such galaxies merge, the black holes end up on a collision course. The pair in NGC 7727 beat the record for the smallest separation between two supermassive black holes, as they are observed to be just 1600 light-years apart in the sky.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>\u201cIt is the first time we find two supermassive black holes that are this close to each other, less than half the separation of the previous record holder,\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>says Karina Voggel, an astronomer at the Strasbourg Observatory in France and lead author of the study published online today in <em>Astronomy &amp; Astrophysics<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>\u201cThe small separation and velocity of the two black holes indicate that they will merge into one monster black hole, probably within the next 250 million years,\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>adds co-author Holger Baumgardt, a professor at the University of Queensland, Australia. The merging of black holes like these could explain how the most massive black holes in the Universe come to be.<\/p>\n<p>Voggel and her team were able to determine the masses of the two objects by looking at how the gravitational pull of the black holes influences the motion of the stars around them. The bigger black hole, located right at the core of NGC 7727, was found to have a mass almost 154 million times that of the Sun, while its companion is 6.3 million solar masses.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_24722\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24722\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eso.org\/public\/images\/potw2148a\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"24722\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=24722\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/potw2148a1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"700,679\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;ESO\/VST ATLAS team. Acknowledgem&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Just as people at a busy crossroad may accidentally bump into each other, so too can galaxies in the Universe! But in this case, the outcome is more dramatic than a small nudge. When two galaxies clash, they merge into each other, giving birth to a new, bigger one. One example is the NGC 7727 galaxy, shown in this image from ESO\\u2019s VLT Survey Telescope (VST) in Chile. Located 89 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Aquarius, NGC 7727 is believed to be the result of a clash between two galaxies that occurred about one billion years ago. The consequences of this tremendous cosmic bump are still evident in the peculiar, irregular shape of NGC 7727 and the streams of stars in its outer regions.\\u00a0 The image was taken in visible light as part of the VST-ATLAS survey. The goal of the survey is to map a vast region of the Southern Sky \\u2014 so large you could fit about 19,000 full moons in it! By studying the galaxies in this region, astronomers aim to shed new light on the nature of dark energy, the mysterious force permeating the Universe and causing its accelerating expansion.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1638165600&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Bumps in the heavens&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Bumps in the heavens\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Just as people at a busy crossroad may accidentally bump into each other, so too can galaxies in the Universe! But in this case, the outcome is more dramatic than a small nudge. When two galaxies clash, they merge into each other, giving birth to a new, bigger one. One example is the NGC 7727 galaxy, shown in this image from ESO\u2019s VLT Survey Telescope (VST) in Chile. Located 89 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Aquarius, NGC 7727 is believed to be the result of a clash between two galaxies that occurred about one billion years ago. The consequences of this tremendous cosmic bump are still evident in the peculiar, irregular shape of NGC 7727 and the streams of stars in its outer regions.\u00a0 The image was taken in visible light as part of the VST-ATLAS survey. The goal of the survey is to map a vast region of the Southern Sky \u2014 so large you could fit about 19,000 full moons in it! By studying the galaxies in this region, astronomers aim to shed new light on the nature of dark energy, the mysterious force permeating the Universe and causing its accelerating expansion.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/potw2148a1.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24722\" src=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/potw2148a1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/potw2148a1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/potw2148a1-500x485.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24722\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Just as people at a busy crossroad may accidentally bump into each other, so too can galaxies in the Universe! But in this case, the outcome is more dramatic than a small nudge. When two galaxies clash, they merge into each other, giving birth to a new, bigger one. One example is the NGC 7727 galaxy, shown in this image from ESO\u2019s VLT Survey Telescope (VST) in Chile. Located 89 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Aquarius, NGC 7727 is believed to be the result of a clash between two galaxies that occurred about one billion years ago. The consequences of this tremendous cosmic bump are still evident in the peculiar, irregular shape of NGC 7727 and the streams of stars in its outer regions.\u00a0 The image was taken in visible light as part of the VST-ATLAS survey. The goal of the survey is to map a vast region of the Southern Sky \u2014 so large you could fit about 19,000 full moons in it! By studying the galaxies in this region, astronomers aim to shed new light on the nature of dark energy, the mysterious force permeating the Universe and causing its accelerating expansion.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It is the first time the masses have been measured in this way for a supermassive black hole pair. This feat was made possible thanks to the close proximity of the system to Earth and the detailed observations the team obtained at the Paranal Observatory in Chile using the Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eso.org\/public\/teles-instr\/paranal-observatory\/vlt\/vlt-instr\/muse\/\"> (MUSE<\/a>) on ESO\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eso.org\/public\/teles-instr\/paranal-observatory\/vlt\/\"> VLT<\/a>, an instrument Voggel learnt to work with during her time as a student at ESO. Measuring the masses with MUSE, and using additional data from the NASA\/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, allowed the team to confirm that the objects in NGC 7727 were indeed supermassive black holes.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HnHZY9Py51I?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Astronomers suspected that the galaxy hosted the two black holes, but they had not been able to confirm their presence until now since we do not see large amounts of high-energy radiation coming from their immediate surroundings, which would otherwise give them away.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>\u201cOur finding implies that there might be many more of these relics of galaxy mergers out there and they may contain many hidden massive black holes that still wait to be found,<\/em><em>\u201d <\/em>says Voggel. <em>\u201cIt could increase the total number of supermassive black holes known in the local Universe by 30 percent.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The search for similarly hidden supermassive black hole pairs is expected to make a great leap forward with ESO\u2019s Extremely Large Telescope (<a href=\"https:\/\/elt.eso.org\/\">ELT<\/a>), set to start operating later this decade in Chile\u2019s Atacama Desert.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>\u201cThis detection of a supermassive black hole pair is just the beginning,\u201d<\/em> says co-author Steffen Mieske, an astronomer at ESO in Chile and Head of ESO Paranal Science Operations. <em>\u201cWith the<a href=\"https:\/\/elt.eso.org\/instrument\/HARMONI\/\"> HARMONI<\/a> instrument on the ELT we will be able to make detections like this considerably further than currently possible. ESO\u2019s ELT will be integral to understanding these objects.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Links<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eso.org\/public\/archives\/releases\/sciencepapers\/eso2117\/eso2117a.pdf\">Research paper<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eso.org\/public\/images\/archive\/category\/paranal\/\">Photos of the VLT<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eso.org\/public\/outreach\/pressmedia\/#epodpress_form\">For journalists: subscribe to receive our releases under embargo in your language<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/eso.org\/sci\/publications\/announcements\/sciann17369.html\">For scientists: got a story? 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The two objects also have a much smaller separation than any other previously &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=24720\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ESO: VLT uncovers closest pair of supermassive black holes yet found<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy","category-education"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-6qI","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22852,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=22852","url_meta":{"origin":24720,"position":0},"title":"ESO: Galaxies observed surrounding a supermassive black hole in early universe","author":"TopSpacer","date":"October 1, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"The latest report from ESO (European Southern Observatory): ESO telescope spots galaxies trapped in the web of a supermassive black hole With the help of ESO\u2019s Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have found six galaxies lying around a supermassive black hole when the Universe was less than a billion years\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Astronomy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Astronomy","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=12"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/eso2016a1-500x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":20581,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=20581","url_meta":{"origin":24720,"position":1},"title":"ESO: VLT spots gas halos that fed black holes in earliest galaxies","author":"TopSpacer","date":"December 19, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"A new ESO (European Southern Observatory) report: ESO Observations Reveal Black Holes' Breakfast at the Cosmic Dawn Astronomers using ESO\u2019s Very Large Telescope have observed reservoirs of cool gas around some of the earliest galaxies in the Universe. 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