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Microquasar GRS 1915+105. Artwork

author: L.Bret/Novapix

reference: a-blh02-00007

Image Size 300 DPI: 18 * 10 cm

This artist's conception shows the binary system GRS 1915+105, which shows evidence for a wave of spacetime in its accretion disk. A 10 solar mass black hole at the center of the disk pulls gas from a nearby companion star. The gas spiraling into the black hole heats so much that it emits X-ray radiation.

Keywords for this photo:

AQUILA - ASTRONOMY - BINARY STAR - BLACK HOLE - DISK - DUST - EAGLE - GRAVITY - GRS 1915+105 - ILLUSTRATION - MICROQUASAR - STAR - STELLAR BLACK HOLE -