Space-Based Photo of NGC 3862 from NASA/ESA/P.Crane (ESO)

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Alternate Names

3C 264

Type

Supermassive

Location

in the constellation Leo

Finder Chart

Distance

260 million light-years

Mass

Unknown 0 times the mass of the Sun

Size

Unknown

Discovery Methods

Measuring the motions of gas

A Hubble Space Telescope image shows the jet of material shooting from the black hole at the core of NGC 3862. The core is the bright spot at right center. [NASA/ESA/P.Crane (ESO)]

This document was last modified: September 17, 2010.