Type
Location
In the constellation Sagittarius
Distance
27,000 light-years (0.008 megaparsecs)
Mass
2.6 million to 4 million times the mass of the Sun
Size
Diameter roughly 10 million-15 million miles (16-24 million km).
Discovery Methods
A Hubble Space Telescope image shows a jet of superhot gas racing away from the nucleus of M87. [NASA/STScI]
This document was last modified: October 24, 2005.