Cygnus X-1

Black Hole

One of the first black holes ever identified, formed from the collapse of a massive star.

Facts

TypeBlack Hole
Black hole typeStellar
Distance from Earth7,200 ly
Diameter125 km
Mass4.30 × 10^31 kg
Apparent magnitude8.9
Redshift0
HemisphereNorthern
Discovered1964

Cygnus X-1 in context

Its mass is 22 times the mass of the Sun.

The light reaching us from Cygnus X-1 tonight left it around 7,200 years ago.

It has been on record since 1964.

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