By analyzing the images of the Sombrero Galaxy obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), Elio Quiroga Rodriguez of the Mid Atlantic University in Spain, has identified a peculiar object, which turned out to be a galaxy hosting an active galactic nucleus (AGN). The finding was reported in a paper published August 11 on the pre-print server arXiv.
  • niktemadur@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I have several astronomer friends from Spain, from where I’m standing it’s one of the world’s great academic “hot spots” for good astronomy.
    Not only that, but one of these friends specializes in Active Galactic Nuclei and Blazars, I even entered the article hoping it was my friend. Cue Ron Howard narration voice: “It wasn’t.”