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Астронет: Астрономическая картинка дня M104: галактика Сомбреро http://variable-stars.ru/db/msg/1165154/eng |
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Explanation:
What's going on in the center of this spiral galaxy? Named the Sombrero Galaxy for its hat-like resemblance,
M104 features a prominent
dust
lane and a bright halo of stars and
globular clusters.
Something truly energetic is going on in the
Sombrero's center, as it not only appears bright in visible light,
but glows prodigiously in
X-ray
light as well. This X-ray emission coupled with unusually
high central stellar speeds
cause many astronomers to speculate that a
black hole lies at the Sombrero's center - a black hole possibly a billion
times the mass of our Sun.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
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& Michigan Tech. U.