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DescriptionSagittarius A*.jpg	English: Sagittarius A. This image was taken with NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory. Ellipses indicate light echoes. Full-field is 12.5 arcmin across. original source Русский:* Стрелец A*. Это изображение было снято с помощью Чандра, рентгеновской обсерватории НАСА. Эллипсами отмечены световые эха. Полное изображение — 12,5 угловых минут (источник) .
Date	23 July 2014
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This set of Chandra images shows evidence for a light echo generated by the Milky Way's supermassive black hole, a.k.a. Sagittarius A*. Astronomers believe a mass equivalent to the planet Mercury was devoured by the black hole about 50 years earlier, causing an X-ray outburst which then reflected off gas clouds near Sagittarius A*. Studying this light echo gives a crucial history of activity from the black hole, and it also illuminates and probes the gas clouds near the center of the Galaxy.

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