CID-42 explained
| CID-42 |
| Credit: | NASA/Chandra X-ray Observatory |
| Epoch: | J2000 |
| Constellation Name: | Sextans |
| Z: | 0.359 |
| H Radial V: | 89302 km/s[1] |
| Dist Ly: | 3.9 billion |
| Type: | Spiral |
| Mass: | 4.5x1011 |
| Stars: | ? |
| Appmag V: | ? |
| Size V: | ? |
| Names: | CXOC J100043.1+020637 2XMM J100043.1+020637 |
CID-42 (also known as CXOC J100043.1+020637[2]) is a galaxy quasar about 3.9 billion light years away in the constellation Sextans. It is believed to have a supermassive black hole at its center.
Description
CID-42 is thought to be the result of a galaxy collision between two smaller galaxies. It has a distinctive trail of stars extending many light years.[3]
Black hole
The discovery of a potential black hole was made after combining through the data and images taken by several telescopes including NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, the Hubble Space Telescope, the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope and from the ground-based Magellan and Very Large Telescopes in Chile.[4]
When the two galaxies collided the black holes in their centers collided, forming a single supermassive black hole. The black hole then recoiled from the gravitational waves produced by the merger and is being ejected out of the galaxy at several million miles per hour (~2000 km s−1).[5] [6]
Once ejected it is expected to shine as a displaced quasar for 10 million to 10 billion years until it exhausts its fuel and is no longer recognizable as a quasar.[7]
JWST NIRCam observations were able to rule out the gravitational wave producing recoiling black hole sencario. Instead CID-42 is a merging galaxy with only one active galactic nucleus.[8]
External links
Notes and References
- 3XMM J100043.1+020637. 4 April 2018.
- A Runaway Black Hole in COSMOS. The Astrophysical Journal . 717 . 209 . June 9, 2010. 2010ApJ...717..209C. 1003.0020 . 10.1088/0004-637X/717/1/209 . Civano . F . Elvis . M . Lanzuisi . G . Jahnke . K . Zamorani . G . Blecha . L . Bongiorno . A . Brusa . M . Comastri . A . Hao . H . Leauthaud . A . Loeb . A . Mainieri . V . Piconcelli . E . Salvato . M . Scoville . N . Trump . J . Vignali . C . Aldcroft . T . Bolzonella . M . Bressert . E . Finoguenov . A . Fruscione . A . Koekemoer . A. M . Cappelluti . N . Fiore . F . Giodini . S . Gilli . R . Impey . C. D . Lilly . S. J . 1 . 20466072 . 29 .
- Web site: CID-42. Chandra.Harvard.edu. September 28, 2012. June 4, 2012.
- Web site: Giant Black Hole Kicked from Home Galaxy. Chandra.Harvard.edu. September 28, 2012. June 4, 2012.
- Blecha . Laura . Civano . Francesca . October 4, 2012 . Constraints on the Nature of CID-42 . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 10.1093/mnras/sts114 . 1341–1350. 1205.6202 . 428. 2 . 2013MNRAS.428.1341B .
- Web site: Supermassive black hole ejected from host galaxy. Space.com. September 28, 2012. June 6, 2012.
- Civano . F . Elvis . M . etal . April 10, 2012 . Chandra High resolution Observations of CID-42, a candidate recoiling SMBH . Astrophysical Journal . 49. 1205.0815. 2012ApJ...752...49C . 10.1088/0004-637X/752/1/49 . 752. 1 . 118868093 .
- 2307.05852 . Li . Junyao . Zhuang . Ming-Yang . Shen . Yue . JWST Confirms the Nature of CID-42 . 2023 . astro-ph.GA .
