Astronomers find ‘teeny supermassive black hole’
Discovered in dwarf galaxy RGG118, the petite black hole, only 50,000 times the mass of the sun, is the smallest supermassive black hole to date. NOAO Hubble Fellow Amy Reines is a coauthor on the study.
Credit:NOIRLab
About the Image
Id: | noaoann15009a |
Type: | Collage |
Release date: | Aug. 21, 2015 |
Related announcements: | noaoann15009 |
Size: | 2116 x 1000 px |
About the Object
Category: | Quasars and Black Holes |