Black Hole
A stellar-mass black hole in a binary system, notable for jets that appeared to move faster than light (an illusion of perspective).
| Type | Black Hole |
|---|---|
| Black hole type | Stellar |
| Distance from Earth | 11,000 ly |
| Diameter | 37 km |
| Mass | 1.25 × 10^31 kg |
| Apparent magnitude | 14 |
| Redshift | 0 |
| Hemisphere | Southern |
| Discovered | 1994 |
Its mass is 6.3 times the mass of the Sun.
The light reaching us from GRO J1655-40 tonight left it around 11,000 years ago.
It has been on record since 1994.
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