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The Vertical Magnetic Field of NGC 5775

Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2021 10:45 pm
by antosarai
"... The featured image of edge-on spiral galaxy NGC 5775, observed in the CHANG-ES (Continuum Halos in Nearby Galaxies) survey, also reveals spurs of magnetic field lines that may be common in spirals. Analogous to iron filings around a bar magnet, radiation from electrons trace galactic magnetic field lines by spiraling around these lines at almost the speed of light. ..."

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap210127.html

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Re: The Vertical Magnetic Field of NGC 5775

Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2021 10:01 pm
by Earl Sinclair
Silly boy, OBVIOUSLY those are the results of collisions!


Earl

Re: The Vertical Magnetic Field of NGC 5775

Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2021 3:14 am
by spark
Except those are not magnetic field lines but threads of plasma filaments electrically connecting galaxy to cosmic webs which are also plasma filaments.