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Subject: chandra sees block hole eat

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Blobrana

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Date Posted: 20:22:00 02/18/04 Wed

X-ray data from Chandra, the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton, and the German Roengtensatellite (ROSAT) X-ray observatories provide direct evidence for the catastrophic destruction of a star (Coordinates (J2000) RA 12h 42m 36.90s | Dec -11� 19' 35.00") that wandered too close to a supermassive black hole.
Download this <a rel=nofollow target=_blank href="http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2004/rxj1242/rxj1242_comp.jpg">picture</a>
A powerful X-ray outburst had occurred in the center of the galaxy RX J1242-11 ,(Constellation Virgo), which appears normal in a ground-based optical image (lower right of download picture, with the white circle defining the location of the Chandra image). This X-ray outburst, one of the most powerful ever detected in a galaxy, was caused when gas from the disrupted star was heated to multimillion degree temperatures as it fell toward the black hole.

<a rel=nofollow target=_blank href="http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2004/rxj1242/rxj1242_comp_250.jpg">http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2004/rxj1242/rxj1242_comp_250.jpg</a>

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Re: chandra sees block hole eat	raghu	10:44:43 11/29/04 Mon
Re: chandra sees block hole eat -- raghu, 10:46:01 11/29/04 Mon Re: chandra sees black hole eat -- Blobrana, 15:54:07 11/29/04 Mon