Wide-field view around the BH3 black hole
This image shows a wide-field view of the area around Gaia BH3, the most massive stellar black hole in our galaxy. The black hole itself is not visible here, but the star that orbits around it can be seen right at the centre of this image, created from photographs of the Digitized Sky Survey 2.
Credit:ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: D. De Martin.
About the Image
| Id: | eso2408c |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 16 April 2024, 09:00 |
| Related releases: | eso2408 |
| Size: | 15732 x 14657 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Gaia BH3 |
| Type: | Milky Way : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Black Hole |
| Distance: | 2000 light years |
| Category: | Quasars and Black Holes Stars |
