Fig 3: Cowie3 - Moving shocks Cir X-1 (VIDEO)

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GIF of moving termination shocks from Circinus-1. These are regions where the jet violently rams into the surrounding material causing a shockwave travelling at a significant fraction of the speed of light.

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Fraser Cowie

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