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English: Top: artist's conception of a supermassive black hole drawing material from a nearby star. Bottom: images believed to show a supermassive black hole devouring a star in galaxy RXJ 1242-11. Left: X-ray image, Right: optical image.
Français : En haut : Vue d’artiste d’un trou noir supermassif absorbant de la matière dans la galaxie RXJ 1242-11. En bas à gauche : Photo prise dans les rayons X avec le télescope Chandra. En bas à droite : photo optique prise par l’ESO.
Italiano: In alto: visione artistica di un buco nero supermassiccio che assorbe materia da una stella vicina. In basso: immagini che si pensa mostrino un buco nero supermassiccio che divora una stella nella galassia RXJ 1242-11. A sinistra: immagine in raggi X. A destra: immagine ottica. Sito web:

chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2004/rxj1242/

Русский: Сверху: сверхмассивная чёрная дыра, поглощающая звезду, в представлении художника. Снизу: изображения, предположительно показывающие сверхмассивную чёрную дыру в галактике RXJ 1242-11. Слева: в рентгеновском излучении. Справа: в оптическом диапазоне.
Slovenčina: Hore: umelcova predstava supermasívnej čiernej diery, ktorá si priťahuje hmotu z neďalekej hviezdy. Dole: obrázky, o ktorých sa predpokladá, že zobrazujú supermasívnu čiernu dieru, ktorá zhltáva hviezdu v galaxii RXJ 1242-11. Vľavo: röntgenová snímka. Vpravo: optická snímka. Stránka: chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2004/rxj1242/

Date

7 January 2007

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