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"Strange Rays" Crowd Sourced on Social Media Shed Light on Black Hole Illumination

  • Judy Schmidt, an image processing expert and citizen scientist, processed this image of IC5063--a Seyfert galaxy with an active galactic nuclei--from Barth's Prop15444 and discovered what looked like dark shadows or cones pointing inward towards the center of the galaxy.

    Judy Schmidt, an image processing expert and citizen scientist, processed this image of IC5063--a Seyfert galaxy with an active galactic nuclei--from Barth's Prop15444 and discovered what looked like dark shadows or cones pointing inward towards the center of the galaxy.

    NASA/ESA/A. Barth/J. Schmidt

    Low Resolution Image

  • Judy Schmidt, an image processing expert and citizen scientist, enhanced this image of IC 5063--a Seyfert galaxy with an active galactic nuclei--from Barth's Prop15444, to reveal deep shadows, or rays, seeming to emanate from the galaxy; in this image, the dark rays can be seen near the top and bottom of the galaxy.

    Judy Schmidt, an image processing expert and citizen scientist, enhanced this image of IC 5063--a Seyfert galaxy with an active galactic nuclei--from Barth's Prop15444, to reveal deep shadows, or rays, seeming to emanate from the galaxy; in this image, the dark rays can be seen near the top and bottom of the galaxy.

    NASA/ESA/A. Barth/J. Schmidt

    Low Resolution Image