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The Eye of Talek was an astronomical object located in the Alpha Quadrant.

It was the smallest black hole in the space belonging to the Cardassian Union and was believed to have been one of the oldest, which led to some mistakenly believing that it was an imploded star. The Eye dated from the formation of the universe according to the legends of the Cardassians, though cosmologists tended to agree with them. The Cardassians discovered it with telescopes long before they developed space travel. They did not know what it was at the time, and later named it after the mythological monster Talek.

Typical black holes kept the same mass they had when they were stars, but ones like the Eye of Talek had an unknown origin (though it was believed such small ones were ancient). In appearance, it resembled a hole that punctured the fabric of space and was notable for an absence of stars and a golden halo of gas as well as dust that was streaming into it. This phenomena was the size of a saucer section of a large starship but was completely black in color.

In 2373, the Dominion dispatched a mining vessel to harvest the corzanium in the mouth of the Eye of Talek, as the substance was required for the artificial wormhole they were attempting to create which would link the Alpha Quadrant to their strongholds in the Gamma Quadrant. (TNG - The Dominion War novel: Behind Enemy Lines)

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-The '''Eye of Talek''' was an astronomical object that was located in the [[Alpha Quadrant]].
+The '''Eye of Talek''' was an astronomical object located in the [[Alpha Quadrant]].
-It was noted as being the smallest [[black hole]] in the space belonging to the [[Cardassian Union]] and was believed to had been one of the oldest which led to some mistakeningly believing that it was an imploded star. The Eye dated from the formation of the universe according to the legends of the [[Cardassian]]s though cosmology tended to agree with them. The Cardassians discovered it before they had developed space travel and accomplish this through the use of the telescope. After finding it, they did not know what it was at the time and later named it after the mythological monster [[Talek]].
+It was the smallest [[black hole]] in the space belonging to the [[Cardassian Union]] and was believed to have been one of the oldest, which led to some mistakenly believing that it was an imploded star. The Eye dated from the [[Big Bang|formation of the universe]] according to the legends of the [[Cardassian]]s, though cosmologists tended to agree with them. The Cardassians discovered it with telescopes long before they developed space travel. They did not know what it was at the time, and later named it after the mythological monster [[Talek]].
-Typicaly black holes kept the same mass it had when it was a star but ones like the Eye of Talek had an unknown origin though it was believed such small ones were ancient. In appearance, it resembled a hole that punctured the fabric of space and was notable for an absence of stars and a golden halo of gas as well as dust that was streaming into it. This phenomena was the size of a saucer section of a large starship but was completely black in color.
+Typical black holes kept the same mass they had when they were stars, but ones like the Eye of Talek had an unknown origin (though it was believed such small ones were ancient). In appearance, it resembled a hole that punctured the fabric of space and was notable for an absence of stars and a golden halo of gas as well as dust that was streaming into it. This phenomena was the size of a saucer section of a large starship but was completely black in color.
-In [[2373]], the [[Dominion]] was attempting to create an artificial wormhole that linked the Alpha Quadrant to their strongholds in the [[Gamma Quadrant]]. However, the unstable nature of the mouth of such a phenomena meant that they required an exotic material to reinforce the verteron collider. The only known substance was located in the mouth of black holes and was called [[Corzanium]] which led to the Dominion dispatching a mining vessel to harvest such material for their use. ({{n|DS9|Behind Enemy Lines}})
+In [[2373]], the [[Dominion]] dispatched a mining vessel to harvest the [[corzanium]] in the mouth of the Eye of Talek, as the substance was required for the artificial [[wormhole]] they were attempting to create which would link the Alpha Quadrant to their strongholds in the [[Gamma Quadrant]]. ({{n|TNG|sub=The Dominion War|Behind Enemy Lines}})
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