Pic of the Day (20th Nov)

Event Horizon · 20 Nov 2002 at 17:17

Well there was another thread here on OcUk today with some very interesting information on super massive black holes What i have here today is on a much smaller scale but equally impressive. The picture is an "artists" impression from data observed by astronomers. I know your all used to lovely "real" pics but i think this is worth a look.

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GRO J1655-40 is the second so-called 'microquasar' discovered in our Galaxy. Microquasars are black holes of about the same mass as a star. They behave as scaled-down versions of much more massive black holes that are at the cores of extremely active galaxies, called quasars. Astronomers have known about the existence of stellar-mass black holes since the early 1970s. Their masses can range from 3.5 to approximately 15 times the mass of our Sun.

Using Hubble data, astronomers were able to describe the black-hole system. The companion star had apparently survived the original supernova explosion that created the black hole. It is an aging star that completes an orbit around the black hole every 2.6 days. It is being slowly devoured by the black hole. Blowtorch-like jets (shown in blue) are streaming away from the black-hole system at 90 percent of the speed of light.

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sirgaz · 20 Nov 2002 at 17:38

Originally posted by Event Horizon
Blowtorch-like jets (shown in blue) are streaming away from the black-hole system at 90 percent of the speed of light.

Bah!..Slackers...should be 100%.

nice pic again tho

sirgaz

Fixxxer · 20 Nov 2002 at 18:37

Brilliant, very interesting and a superb piccy

[Edit]Sent the duplicate one the way of the wind

Event Horizon · 20 Nov 2002 at 18:43

Thanks Fixxxi baby

walsherz · 20 Nov 2002 at 19:03

Here have some stars, only 4 tho' coz your a double postin boffoon

Event Horizon · 20 Nov 2002 at 19:10

Thanks walsherz

Where do all these stars come from? Do a lot of people vote for it or is it someone with a star hack? :eek:

Fixxxer · 20 Nov 2002 at 19:14

There's a rate this thread drop down box in the bottom right hand corner of each thread where you can vote for how many stars you think that thread is worth.

It takes two people to vote for the stars to become visible on the forums main page

MindYerBeak · 20 Nov 2002 at 20:01

Have black holes been proven to exist? The last time I read up on the subject they were just a theory. Anyone who doesn't vote 5 stars gets denied a Spanking session.

So there.

walsherz · 20 Nov 2002 at 20:20

Originally posted by MindYerBeak
Anyone who doesn't vote 5 stars gets denied a Spanking session.

So there.

So if i vote 5 stars for all my replies do i get a h'extra long session on spanky?
Or can i h'exchange that for 1 go on wasc's comfy chair, pwetty pwease

funky_llama · 20 Nov 2002 at 20:23

5 stars

Now can I have a go on spanky

PurDunamis · 20 Nov 2002 at 20:33

Another very nice pic Mr EH