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Epic card · Science
Sagittarius A*, an Epic card
Sagittarius A*, abbreviated as Sgr A*, is the supermassive black hole at the Galactic Center of the Milky Way.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 82
- DEF
- 86
- Power
- 168
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 570,000
Ranked #1,492 of the 3,000 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Sagittarius A* quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Sagittarius A* card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Sagittarius A* is a ______ and very compact astronomical radio source.
Answer
bright. Sagittarius A* is a bright and very compact astronomical radio source. From the Sagittarius A* article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In May ____, astronomers released the first image of the accretion disk around the event horizon of Sagittarius A*, using the Event Horizon Telescope, a world-wide network of radio observatories.
Answer
2020s. In May 2022, astronomers released the first image of the accretion disk around the event horizon of Sagittarius A*, using the Event Horizon Telescope, a world-wide network of radio observatories. From the Sagittarius A* article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Transistor. Transistor 85 · Sagittarius A* 82 · Kevin Warsh 79 · Edward Victor Appleton 76 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Viewed from Earth, it is located near the border of the constellations Sagittarius and Scorpius, about 5.6° south of the ecliptic, visually close to the Butterfly Cluster and Lambda Scorpii.
- Sagittarius A* is a bright and very compact astronomical radio source.
- In May 2022, astronomers released the first image of the accretion disk around the event horizon of Sagittarius A*, using the Event Horizon Telescope, a world-wide network of radio observatories.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Sagittarius A* article was read about 570,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 82 and blocks with 86: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Sagittarius A* (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : EHT Collaboration, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.