Radio Galaxy Zoo Talk

Question

  • adrianocpu by adrianocpu

    Is this a black hole?

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  • enno.middelberg by enno.middelberg scientist, translator

    This looks like a linear structure (ie, many blobs along a straight line), with a IR source in the middle. This indicates an Active Galactic Nuclei (with a black hole) that shoots out two radio jets. At some points, the jets become turbulent and twist and curl, like smoke from an extiguished candle. This is the knots/blobs which we see, because these regions have stronger magnetic fields and therefore produce more radio emission.

    So yes, there is a black hole in this thing 😃

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