Discovery of Another Possible Voorwerp
Abstract
Discovery of a large object close to the spiral galaxy IC 2497 in Leo Minor was reported by C. Lintott et al. http://arxiv.org/abs/0906.5304 using data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The object, now known as Hanny's Voorwerp, is not definitively understood, but has been hypothesized to be a result of interaction of radiation from a transient bright quasar event in the nearby galaxy with circumgalactic material.
- Publication:
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The Astronomer's Telegram
- Pub Date:
- June 2012
- Bibcode:
- 2012ATel.4185....1S
- Keywords:
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- Optical;
- AGN;
- Quasar