![412-ss433-BlackHole [412] SS 433 — An illustration by Don Dixon of the microquasar SS 433, a binary system containing a compact object—likely a stellar-mass black hole—and a massive donor star. The scene demonstrates high-rate mass transfer via Roche lobe overflow, fueling a super-critical accretion disk that emits oppositely directed, precessing relativistic jets of ionized gas. This digital illustration was created in 2004 to visualize the unique corkscrew-like precession of the system's jets. Digital, cover, February 2005 "Astronomy" magazine. (originally miscredited to the late, great Adolf Schaller).](412-ss433-microquasar-black-hole-jets-dixon.jpg)
[412] SS 433 — An illustration by Don Dixon of the microquasar SS 433, a binary system containing a compact object—likely a stellar-mass black hole—and a massive donor star. The scene demonstrates high-rate mass transfer via Roche lobe overflow, fueling a super-critical accretion disk that emits oppositely directed, precessing relativistic jets of ionized gas. This digital illustration was created in 2004 to visualize the unique corkscrew-like precession of the system's jets. Digital, cover, February 2005 "Astronomy" magazine. (originally miscredited to the late, great Adolf Schaller).
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![412-ss433-BlackHole [412] SS 433 — An illustration by Don Dixon of the microquasar SS 433, a binary system containing a compact object—likely a stellar-mass black hole—and a massive donor star. The scene demonstrates high-rate mass transfer via Roche lobe overflow, fueling a super-critical accretion disk that emits oppositely directed, precessing relativistic jets of ionized gas. This digital illustration was created in 2004 to visualize the unique corkscrew-like precession of the system's jets. Digital, cover, February 2005 "Astronomy" magazine. (originally miscredited to the late, great Adolf Schaller).](../index.html#img=412-ss433-microquasar-black-hole-jets-dixon.jpg)