A stellar black hole

Combining observations done with ESO's Very Large Telescope and NASA's Chandra X-ray telescope, astronomers have uncovered the most powerful pair of jets ever seen from a stellar black hole. The black hole blows a huge bubble of hot gas, 1000 light-years across or twice as large and tens of times more powerful than the other such microquasars. The stellar black hole belongs to a binary system as pictured in this artist’s impression.

Crédit:

ESO/L. Calçada/M.Kornmesser

À propos de l'image

Identification:eso1028a
Type:Dessin
Date de publication:7 juillet 2010 19:00
Communiqués de presse en rapport:eso1028
Taille:4000 x 3000 px

À propos de l'objet

Nom:NGC 7793
Type:Milky Way : Galaxy : Activity : AGN : Quasar
Milky Way : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Black Hole
Distance:12 million années lumière
Catégorie:Illustrations
Quasars and Black Holes

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