Ophiuchus Supercluster eruption

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According to NASA and others[who?], the Ophiuchus Supercluster eruption was the biggest AGN outburst seen in the observable universe since the MS 0735+74 outburst.[1][2][3]

Ophichus Supercluster eruption
Event typeAGN outburst
InstrumentChandra X-ray Observatory, XMM-Newton, Murchison Widefield Array, Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope
ConstellationOphiuchus
Distance390 million light-years
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Ophiuchus Constellation

This extremely energetic event occurred in the Ophiuchus Supercluster, which is located about 390 million light-years from Earth. This eruption was caused by a supermassive black hole spraying out jets of extremely active particles over hundreds of millions of years.[4][5] The total energy is estimated to be 5 × 1061 erg, or 5 × 1054 J; but this likely an underestimate due to uncertainty of the cavity's size.[6]

This observation is a result of collaboration among various space-based and Earth-based observatories including the Hubble Space Telescope, the Chandra X-ray Observatory, ESA’s XMM Newton X-ray space observatory and radio data from the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) in Australia and the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) in India.[7][8]

References[]

  1. ^ "Ophiuchus Galaxy Cluster". NASA. 27 February 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Chandra Press Room :: Most Powerful Eruption in the Universe Discovered :: January 5, 2005". chandra.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-29.
  3. ^ "The AGN Outburst we won't call an explosion and a rock around the Earth | The Daily Space". Retrieved 2020-12-09.
  4. ^ Werner, N.; Zhuravleva, I.; Canning, R. E. A.; Allen, S. W.; King, A. L.; Sanders, J. S.; Simionescu, A.; Taylor, G. B.; Morris, R. G.; Fabian, A. C. (August 2016). "Deep Chandra study of the truncated cool core of the Ophiuchus cluster". MNRAS. 460 (3): 2752–2764. Bibcode:2016MNRAS.460.2752W. doi:10.1093/mnras/stw1171. ISSN 0035-8711.
  5. ^ "Universe's Most Powerful Black Hole Eruption Spotted | Astronomy | Sci-News.com". Breaking Science News | Sci-News.com. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
  6. ^ Giacintucci, S.; Markevitch, M.; Johnston-Hollitt, M.; Wik, D. R.; Wang, Q. H. S.; Clarke, T. E. (4 February 2020). "Discovery of a giant radio fossil in the Ophiuchus galaxy cluster". The Astrophysical Journal. 891 (1): 1. arXiv:2002.01291. Bibcode:2020ApJ...891....1G. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ab6a9d. S2CID 211020555.
  7. ^ "Biggest cosmic explosion ever detected left huge dent in space". The Guardian. 27 February 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  8. ^ Giacintucci, S.; Markevitch, M.; Johnston-Hollitt, M.; Wik, D. R.; Wang, Q. H. S.; Clarke, T. E. (2020-02-04). "Discovery of a giant radio fossil in the Ophiuchus galaxy cluster". The Astrophysical Journal. 891 (1): 1. arXiv:2002.01291. Bibcode:2020ApJ...891....1G. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ab6a9d. S2CID 211020555.
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