Hobby-Eberly Telescope Finds a Massive Black Hole That is 4 Light Days in Diameter

12/03/2012 05:11AM

Hobby-Eberly Telescope Finds a Massive Black Hole That is 4 Light Days in Diameter

Astronomers at The University of Texas at Austin's McDonald Observatory have measured the mass of what may be the most massive black hole yet - 17 billion Suns - in galaxy NGC 1277. The unusual black hole, which is 4 light days in diameter, makes up 14 percent of its galaxy's mass, rather than the usual 0.1 percent. This galaxy could change theories of how black holes and galaxies form and evolve.


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