About 390 million light-years away, the galaxy Z 229-15 shines extra brightly, as seen by @NASAHubble. Its luminosity is caused by a black hole at the center as a disk of material heats as it swirls toward the galaxy's core: https://go.nasa.gov/40uKG1z
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Hubble Views an Intriguing Active Galaxy
This luminous image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows Z 229-15, a celestial object that lies about 390 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Lyra.Andrea Gianopoulos (NASA)