Astronomy Picture of the Day ·
Gamma-ray Rain from 3C 279
The Astronomy Picture of the Day for July 22, 2015 is “Gamma-ray Rain from 3C 279,” a video. It is credited to Video Credit: NASA , DOE , International Fermi LAT Collaboration. The original explanation runs about 118 words.
Watch the video on the original page From the explanation
“If gamma-rays were raindrops a flare from a supermassive black hole might look like this. Not so gently falling on the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope from June 14 to June 16 the gamma-ray photons , with energies up to 50 billion electron volts, originated in active galaxy 3C 279 some 5 billion light-years away.”
— APOD editors, July 22, 2015
Read the full explanation on science.nasa.gov
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At a glance
- Date
- July 22, 2015
- Type
- Video
- Credit
- Credit: Video Credit: NASA , DOE , International Fermi LAT Collaboration
- Copyright
- No copyright notice on the entry. Check the credited institution’s own usage rules before reusing it.
- Explanation length
- About 118 words