Black Hole vs. Star: A Tidal Disruption Event (Artist's Concept)
spitzer_ssc2018-08b June 15th, 2018
Credit: Sophia Dagnello, NRAO/AUI/NSF; NASA, STScI
An artist's concept of a tidal disruption event (TDE) that happens when a star passes fatally close to a supermassive black hole, which reacts by launching a relativistic jet.
Provider: Spitzer Space Telescope
Image Source: https://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/image/ssc2018-08b-black-hole-vs-star-a-tidal-disruption-event-artists-concept
Curator: NRAO/AUI/NSF, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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- ssc2018-08b
- Subject Category
- E.5.4.6
- Subject Name
- Arp 299 Tidal Disruption Event
- Credits
- Sophia Dagnello, NRAO/AUI/NSF; NASA, STScI
- Release Date
- 2018-06-15
- Lightyears
- 1.50E+8
- Redshift
- 1.50E+8
- Reference Url
- https://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/image/ssc2018-08b-black-hole-vs-star-a-tidal-disruption-event-artists-concept
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- Artwork
- Image Quality
- Good
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- NRAO/AUI/NSF
- URL
- https://public.nrao.edu
- Name
- NRAO/AUI/NSF
- outreach@nrao.edu
- Telephone
- Address
- 520 Edgemont Road
- City
- Charlottesville
- State/Province
- Virginia
- Postal Code
- 22903
- Country
- USA
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- NRAO/AUI/NSF
- Publisher ID
- spitzer
- Resource ID
- ssc2018-08b.tif
- Resource URL
- https://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/system/avm_images/binaries/6524/original/ssc2018-08b.tif
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- Metadata Date
- 2021-08-04T07:23:28Z
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
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