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Sagittarius A*, abbreviated as Sgr A* (/ ˈ s æ dʒ ˈ eɪ s t ɑːr / SADGE-AY-star [3]), is the supermassive black hole [4] [5] [6] at the Galactic Center of the Milky Way.Viewed from Earth, it is located near the border of the constellations Sagittarius and Scorpius, about 5.6° south of the ecliptic, [7] visually close to the Butterfly Cluster (M6) and Lambda Scorpii.
Other examples of quasars with large estimated black hole masses are the hyperluminous quasar APM 08279+5255, with an estimated mass of 1 × 10 10 (10 billion) M ☉, [109] and the quasar SMSS J215728.21-360215.1, with a mass of (3.4 ± 0.6) × 10 10 (34 billion) M ☉, or nearly 10,000 times the mass of the black hole at the Milky Way's ...
The Black Hole at the Center of the Milky Way. London: Imperial College Press. ISBN 978-1-86094-567-0. Melia, Fulvio (2003). The Black Hole in the Center of Our Galaxy. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-09505-9. Melia, Fulvio (2007). The Galactic Supermassive Black Hole. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691 ...
Black holes are extraordinarily dense objects with grav. At the center of the Milky Way galaxy resides a supermassive black hole four million times the mass of our sun called Sagittarius A* that ...
The world's first image of the chaotic supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy doesn't portray a voracious cosmic destroyer but what astronomers Thursday called a “gentle ...
Astronomers on Wednesday announced that they have detected a strong and organized magnetic field twisted in a spiral pattern around the Milky Way's supermassive black hole, revealing previously ...
In the television show Community, Pierce Hawthorne mentions that in his opinion, Sagittarius A* is the only black hole worth studying. In the final arc of the Sailor Moon manga series, "Sagittarius Zero Star" is the location of the Galaxy Cauldron, a fictional artifact that serves as the birthplace of all life in the Milky Way. [14]: Act 59
On Thursday, the first image of the supermassive black hole at the center of our own Milky Way galaxy was displayed. The University of Arizona’s Feryal Ozel called it “the gentle giant in the ...