File:Seyfert Flare Illustration (2020-33-4669).tif

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An enormous outburst from the vicinity of the Milky Way’s central black hole sent cones of blistering ultraviolet radiation above and below the plane of the galaxy and deep into space.

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English: An enormous outburst from the vicinity of the Milky Way’s central black hole sent cones of blistering ultraviolet radiation above and below the plane of the galaxy and deep into space. The radiation cone that blasted out of the Milky Way’s south pole lit up a massive ribbon-like gas structure called the Magellanic Stream. This vast train of gas trails the Milky Way’s two prominent satellite galaxies: the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), and its companion, the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC).The astronomers studied sightlines to quasars far behind the Magellanic Stream and behind another feature called the Leading Arm, a tattered and shredded gaseous “arm” that precedes the LMC and SMC in their orbit around the Milky Way. Unlike the Magellanic Stream, the Leading Arm did not show evidence of being lit up by the flare.
Date 2 June 2020, 15:15:00 (upload date)
Source Seyfert Flare Illustration
Author , , and L. Hustak ()
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