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(NASA/CfA/J.McClintock & M.Garcia) XTE J1118+480 is a black hole orbited by a companion star about 5000 light years from Earth. This Chandra image is a spectrum of a black hole, which is similar to the colorful spectrum of sunlight produced by a prism. These data reveal that a flaring black hole source has an accretion disk that stops much farther out than some theories predict. XTE J1118+480 Photo Album Page |
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