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- Sat Jul 04, 2009 6:06 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Secrets of Cosmic Blobs
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Re: Lyman Alpha Blob (2009 July 2)
“Lyman-alpha emissions spanning several hundred thousand light-years…radiation and outflows from the active galaxy are… heating the blob's hydrogen gas.” It sounds like the galaxy is igniting its emissions. When I was in college a bunch of us guys sat around doing something similar, though admittedl...