Black Hole
One of the closest known stellar-mass black holes to Earth, discovered via an X-ray nova outburst in 1975.
| Type | Black Hole |
|---|---|
| Black hole type | Stellar |
| Distance from Earth | 3,500 ly |
| Diameter | 39 km |
| Mass | 1.31 × 10^31 kg |
| Apparent magnitude | 11.2 |
| Redshift | 0 |
| Hemisphere | Both |
| Discovered | 1975 |
Its mass is 6.6 times the mass of the Sun.
The light reaching us from A0620-00 tonight left it around 3,500 years ago.
Of the 15 black holes these pages cover, only 2 lie closer to us.
It has been on record since 1975.
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