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Title: NGC 1097 Galaxy Jets: They Aren't Just For Breakfast Anymore
Post by: sam on April 02, 2010, 20:40
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Some 45 million light years away in the direction of the constellation of Fornax, a supermassive black hole is consuming its breakfast… and it doesn't want just toast and tea. It has a hungry belly and the energetic area surrounding the central black hole is super-heated through its interaction with dust, gas, and other matter. Oh, dear. What can that matter be? Try a smaller galaxy that dared to get too close…

http://www.universetoday.com/2010/03/31/ngc-1097-galaxy-jets-they-arent-just-for-breakfast-anymore/
Title: Re: NGC 1097 Galaxy Jets: They Aren't Just For Breakfast Anymore
Post by: Simon on April 02, 2010, 21:05
The full image is superbly detailed.  :)
Title: Re: NGC 1097 Galaxy Jets: They Aren't Just For Breakfast Anymore
Post by: Clive on April 02, 2010, 21:57
The writer should be boiled in oil for the silly way in which she has presented this otherwise very interesting article.   ::)  But the photo makes it all worthwhile and must surely rank as one of the best I've seen.
Title: Re: NGC 1097 Galaxy Jets: They Aren't Just For Breakfast Anymore
Post by: sam on April 03, 2010, 09:20
yes - lots of astronomy writers have weird text.. but the images are cool.

I really wish more professional astronomers would make the effort with things.... I dunno, I just feel that sometimes you need that PhD to properly understand the implications.  :dunno:
Title: Re: NGC 1097 Galaxy Jets: They Aren't Just For Breakfast Anymore
Post by: Clive on April 03, 2010, 13:22
Yes.  These authors treat their readers like children and most people just cringe.   :(