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