Merging Galaxies Create Binary Quasars

[Jarvamundo (Alex)]

http://www.ciw.edu/news/merging_gala..._binary_quasar

wow...

[Jarvamundo (Alex)]

hahaha wow... someones tweaked on that quasars hanging around galaxies means redshift does not equal velocity.... these objects should be seperated by lightyears! hahah...

http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Qu...ision_999.html

the headline just changed!

The original headline created by the Magellan Telescopes Website (i posted) is now being changed! now 6hrs ago..

wow.... the results are meeting the theory now...

[Jarvamundo (Alex)]

hmm maybe changed to "captured" as in film...

hmmm just went from "Create" to "Captured"...

but the article says "triggerd"

what does "triggered" mean...

This result represents strong evidence for the prediction that a pair of quasars would be triggered during a merger. The galaxy disks both appear to be nearly face-on to Earth, which may explain why the X-rays from Chandra show no signs of absorption by intervening gas or dust.

hmmm bizarre

[Jarvamundo (Alex)]

This composite image shows the effects of two galaxies caught in the act of merging. A Chandra X-ray Observatory image shows a pair of quasars in blue, located about 4.6 billion light years away, but separated on the sky by only about 70 thousand light years.

Sorry but isnt the image in the second article simply a copy of the optical one from the Magellan Website?

It's got nothing to do with Chandra X- rays yeah? Why is the second article only mentioning the Chandra Scientist and not the Astronomer who made the discovery.... they are 2 seperate organisations?

[Jarvamundo (Alex)]

Xray, Optical and composites available here: http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2010/sdss/
facinating