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Back Artist's impression of a microquasar system

Artist's impression of a microquasar system


Copyright: Picture courtesy of Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia

The black hole, with its accretion disc and two jets (on the right) is tearing matter from a companion star.
Picture courtesy of Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia
Last Update: 1 September 2019
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