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| Previous Revision, by CMDR Marx [2022-10-25 11:39:28] | → | Selected revision, by CMDR Marx [2022-10-25 11:39:45] |
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| Great Annihilator | → | Great Annihilator |
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| Great Annihilator | → | Great Annihilator |
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| Empyrean Straits | → | Empyrean Straits |
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| SUMMARY | ||
| A famous pair of black holes, originally discovered in the 20th century. Currently housing the [Azura Initiative](https://edastro.com/gec/view/28). | → | A famous pair of black holes, originally discovered in the 20th century. Currently housing the Azura Initiative. |
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The Great Annihilator was named by its discoverers in the 20th century by the Einstein Observatory via soft X-rays. They originally spotted it as one of the brightest X-ray sources in the Milky Way, and subsequent observations showed a variable emitter of massive amounts of photon pairs at 511 keV, the energy level associated with positron-electron annihilation events. Hence the Great Annihilator name. The system was thought to consist of a black hole and a companion star, forming a microquasar. The first Commanders who visited this system found a pair of black holes and five T Tauri stars. A single High Metal Content world orbits the main black hole on a highly inclined orbit at a great distance: it is likely a captured planet. The surface is extremely cold at 20 K, and despite all the emissions from the Great Annihilator, the planet somehow still holds on to a thin helium atmosphere - although not thin enough to safely land on with current technology. For information on the Azura Initiative that is currently based around this system, see this entry. Astrophotography by Phill P | → | The Great Annihilator was named by its discoverers in the 20th century by the Einstein Observatory via soft X-rays. They originally spotted it as one of the brightest X-ray sources in the Milky Way, and subsequent observations showed a variable emitter of massive amounts of photon pairs at 511 keV, the energy level associated with positron-electron annihilation events. Hence the Great Annihilator name. The system was thought to consist of a black hole and a companion star, forming a microquasar. The first Commanders who visited this system found a pair of black holes and five T Tauri stars. A single High Metal Content world orbits the main black hole on a highly inclined orbit at a great distance: it is likely a captured planet. The surface is extremely cold at 20 K, and despite all the emissions from the Great Annihilator, the planet somehow still holds on to a thin helium atmosphere - although not thin enough to safely land on with current technology. For information on the Azura Initiative that is currently based around this system, see this entry. Astrophotography by Phill P |
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