The Russian space astrophysical observatory "Spektr-RG" recorded the beginning of the destruction of the star
The material from the destroyed star formed an accretion disk, and it is slowly being consumed by the black hole.
EROSITA Orbital X-ray TelescopeObservatory "Spektr-RG" recorded the early stage of rupture by tidal forces of a star flying near a supermassive black hole in the center of the galaxy at a distance of 2.5 billion light years from the Sun.
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Connected to source trackingSwift observatory. According to the results of observations of the SRG/eROSITA telescope and Swift, it was shown that the spectrum in the X-ray and ultraviolet spectral ranges is close to that expected from a standard accretion disk when reaching the critical Eddington luminosity: this is the luminosity at which the force of gravitational attraction is balanced by radiation pressure.
A detailed analysis of the data obtained will make it possible to measure the mass of the supermassive black hole and the accretion rate. The observations continue.
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