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Looks like cherenkov radiation?
Nope, that is a mercury arc rectifier:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury-arc_valve
That's some fuckin' 1800s steampunk adjacent shit
Oh yeah, the glass age of electronics gave us some really cool stuff!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixie_tube
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimo_tube
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crookes_tube
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dekatron
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geissler_tube
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iconoscope
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_eye_tube
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monoscope
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storage_tube
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_camera_tube