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28 Aug. 2023 at 8:01 a.m.
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High-intensity X-ray sources are known to be Each ultraluminous x-ray emits more radiation than a million suns emitting at all wavelengths. But it shines less than the Active Galactic Nucleus (AGN) at the center of the galaxy. Although many high-intensity X-ray sources have been studied, But the fundamental nature of the high-intensity X-ray source remains unresolved.
Recently, a team of astronomers from National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan revealed that, after X-ray observations, NGC 1559, located 41 million light-years away from us, is a barred spiral galaxy. Located in the lattice constellation, using the Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer (ACIS) instrument on NASA’s Chandra Space Telescope, eight new high-intensity X-ray sources have been detected in the galaxy. It noted that the brightest of the eight high-intensity X-ray sources was X-17, while X-6 was the weakest high-intensity X-ray source at NGC 1559.
Astronomers have been stunned by the fact that galaxy NGC 1559 is home to an unexpected number of high-intensity X-ray sources. The galaxy NGC 1559 also has a scattered morphology. The spiral arms of NGC 1559, however, are relatively large and have a high rate of star formation. The galaxy has also been home to at least four supernovae events over the past 40 years.
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