File:Artist’s impression of the system with the most massive stellar black hole in our galaxy (eso2408a).jpg
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[edit]DescriptionArtist’s impression of the system with the most massive stellar black hole in our galaxy (eso2408a).jpg |
English: Astronomers have found the most massive stellar black hole in our galaxy, thanks to the wobbling motion it induces on a companion star. This artist’s impression shows the orbits of both the star and the black hole, dubbed Gaia BH3, around their common centre of mass. This wobbling was measured over several years with the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission. Additional data from other telescopes, including ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile, confirmed that the mass of this black hole is 33 times that of our Sun. The chemical composition of the companion star suggests that the black hole was formed after the collapse of a massive star with very few heavy elements, or metals, as predicted by theory. |
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Date | 16 April 2024 (upload date) | ||
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JPEG file comment | Astronomers have found the most massive stellar black hole in our galaxy, thanks to the wobbling motion it induces on a companion star. This artist’s impression shows the orbits of both the star and the black hole, dubbed Gaia BH3, around their common centre of mass. This wobbling was measured over several years with the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission. Additional data from other telescopes, including ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile, confirmed that the mass of this black hole is 33 times that of our Sun. The chemical composition of the companion star suggests that the black hole was formed after the collapse of a massive star with very few heavy elements, or metals, as predicted by theory. |
Software used | Adobe Photoshop 25.5 (Windows) |
File change date and time | 14:44, 11 April 2024 |
Date and time of digitizing | 16:01, 11 April 2024 |
Date metadata was last modified | 16:44, 11 April 2024 |
Unique ID of original document | xmp.did:3fd0be5e-aa2b-c441-b9d8-004b6846693a |
Keywords | Gaia BH3 |
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