GRS 1915+105

Black Hole

One of the most massive stellar black holes known in our galaxy, famous for launching relativistic jets nicknamed a 'microquasar.'

Facts

TypeBlack Hole
Black hole typeStellar
Distance from Earth28,000 ly
Diameter73 km
Mass2.47 × 10^31 kg
Redshift0
HemisphereNorthern
Discovered1992

GRS 1915+105 in context

Its mass is 12 times the mass of the Sun.

The light reaching us from GRS 1915+105 tonight left it around 28,049 years ago.

It has been on record since 1992.

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