A research team led by Prof. Wang Junxian and Ph.D. students Kang Jialai from University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) has revealed a marvelous, composite eclipsing absorber (see the 3D animated diagram below) responsible for a highly distinct X-ray eclipse event in active galaxy NGC 6814. The paper, titled "What can be learnt from a highly informative X-ray occultation event in NGC 6814? A marvelous absorber" was published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society on August 23.
