*Description*: This radio image of galaxy cluster MS 0735.6+7421 was taken by NRAO's Very Large Array (VLA) in October 2004. The radio image shows jets of high energy particles ejected from a supermassive black hole, which is buried in the middle of the large central galaxy. The jets created the enormous cavities visible in the Chandra image taken in November 2003. Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: MS 0735.6+7421 Object Description: Galaxy Cluster Position (J2000): R.A. 07h 41m 50.20s Dec. +74° 14' 51.00" Constellation: Camelopardalis Distance: About 2.6 billion light years Dimensions: This image is 4 arcminutes (3 million light-years or 900 kiloparsecs) wide. About the Data Mission: Hubble Space Telescope Chandra X-ray Observatory Very Large Array Instrument: ACS/WFC ACIS "A" Configuration Wavelength: optical x-ray radio Exposure Date: February 1, 2006 November 30, 2003 October 24, 2004 HST Data Description: This image was created from HST data from the following proposal 10495: B. McNamara (Ohio University), M. Wise (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), and P. Nulsen (Harvard-Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory). About the Image Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and B. McNamara (University of Waterloo) Release Date: November 2, 2006 Color This image is a composite of many separate exposures made by several different instruments from the three missions listed above. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic image. In this case, the assigned colors are: CXO x-ray blue HST visible green VLA radio red Orientation: Composite Image of Galaxy Cluster MS 0735 [ http://imgsrc.hubblesite.org/hu/db/2006/51/images/b/formats/compass_large_web.jpg ] What is a News Nugget? News Nuggets are bulletins from the world of astronomy. This is a new composite image of galaxy cluster MS0735.6+7421, located about 2.6 billion light-years away in the constellation Camelopardalis. The three views of the region were taken with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope in Feb. 2006, NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory in Nov. 2003, and NRAO's Very Large Array in Oct. 2004. The Hubble image shows dozens of galaxies bound together by gravity. In Jan. 2005, astronomers reported that a supermassive black hole, lurking in the central bright galaxy, generated the most powerful outburst seen in the universe. The VLA radio image shows jets of high energy particles (in red) streaming from the black hole. These jets pushed the X-ray emitting hot gas (shown in blue in the Chandra image) aside to create two giant cavities in the gas. The cavities are evidence for the massive eruption. The X-ray and radio images show the enormous appetite of large black holes and the profound impact they have on their surroundings. *News Release Number:*: STScI-2006-51e
