| Probability | Text |
|---|
| 98% | So we found an object which had burst out into the X-ray world in 1988, |
| 98% | and we wanted to wait until it quieted down at X-ray energies, |
| 98% | because along with the X-ray outburst, you get an outburst of optical light, radio light, everything. |
| 100% | And so what happens is for quite a while, the matter which is being dumped into the black hole |
| 100% | glows so much at all wavelengths that it completely dominates the light from the star, |
| 100% | which you might find to be oscillating back and forth. |
| 84% | So you have to wait for a while until this thing fades, until the black hole stops stealing material from the companion star. |
| 84% | So we waited. |
