Location of M15 and M31 G1 in the northern autumn sky

Astronomers uncovered one of the black holes in the center of the globular star cluster M15, 32,000 light-years away in the constellation Pegasus. The black hole is 4,000 times more massive than our Sun. A 20,000-solar-mass black hole was found in the giant globular cluster G1, located 2.2 million light-years away in the neighboring Andromeda galaxy.

Credit:

NASA/ESA and Z. Levay (STScI)

About the Image

NASA press release
Id:opo0218i
Type:Chart
Release date:17 September 2002, 18:00
Size:1613 x 1238 px

About the Object

Name:Cygnus, G 1, Lacerta, Messier 15, Pegasus, Pisces
Type:Milky Way : Star : Grouping : Cluster : Globular
Local Universe : Star : Grouping : Cluster : Globular
Milky Way : Sky Phenomenon : Night Sky : Constellation
Category:Illustrations
Miscellaneous
Stars

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