Chandra Digest (January 9) Cygnus A

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-- Thursday, January 9, 2019  ---

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**  Cygnus A : Ricocheting Black Hole Jet Discovered by Chandra
A large galaxy in the middle of a galaxy cluster about 760 million light years away.  
Read the article and rate the image:
http://chandra.si.edu/photo/2019/cyga/ 

** ASASSN-14li: Shredded Star Leads to Important Black Hole Discovery

A tidal disruption event in a galaxy about 290 million light years from Earth.

Read the article and rate the image:
http://chandra.si.edu/photo/2018/ring/ 

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**Chandra Press: Ricocheting Black Hole Jet Discovered by Chandra
Astronomers have discovered behavior by a jet from a giant black hole that has never been seen before. 
http://chandra.si.edu/press/19_releases/press_010919cyga.html

**Chandra Press:  Shredded Star Leads to Important Black Hole Discovery
In a galaxy far away, a star wandered too close to a giant black hole and was ripped apart by immense gravitational tidal forces. 
http://chandra.si.edu/press/19_releases/press_010919bhspin.html 

**Chandra Blog:  Ricocheting Black Hole Jet Discovered by Chandra
In this composite image of Cygnus A, X-rays from Chandra (red, green, and blue that represent low, medium and high energy X-rays) are combined with an optical view from the Hubble Space Telescope of the galaxies and stars in the same field of view.
http://chandra.si.edu/blog/node/707

**Chandra Blog:  Shredded Star Leads to Important Black Hole Discovery
This artist's illustration shows the region around a supermassive black hole after a star wandered too close and was ripped apart by extreme gravitational forces.
http://chandra.si.edu/blog/node/708

**Chandra Resources: National Science Olympiad Webinar: Astronomy Event Supervisor 2019

This presentation provides state directors and Astronomy event supervisors with information about resources and logistics to consider for designing, developing and running an invitational, regional and/or state Astronomy Event.

http://chandra.harvard.edu/edu/olympiad_2019.html

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