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We briefly review and extend our discussion of the ROSAT detectionof the extraordinarily luminous (>1042 erg/s) partly extended(>30 kpc diameter) X-ray emission from the ultraluminous infrared galaxy NGC 6240.The `standard'-model of starburst outflow is contrasted with alternatives and a comparison with the X-ray properties of ellipticals is performed.
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Komossa, S., Schulz, H. The nature of the luminous X-ray emission of NGC 6240. Astrophysics and Space Science 266, 61–66 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1002681110846
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