Crepuscular Rays from the Highly Inclined Active Galactic Nucleus in IC
  5063
  On Earth near sunset, the sun may cast "crepuscular rays" such that clouds
near the horizon obscure the origin of light scattered in bright rays. In
principle, AGN should be able to produce similar effects. Using new Hubble
Space Telescope (HST) near-infrared and optical observations, we show that the
active galaxy IC 5063 contains broad radial rays extending to $\gtrsim$11 kpc
from the nucleus. We argue that the bright rays may arise from dusty scattering
of continuum emission from the active nucleus, while the dark rays are due to
shadowing near the nucleus, possibly by a warped torus. We also consider
alternative AGN-related and stellar origins for the extended light.
