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

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This artist's concept depicts jets of particles shooting away from a central black hole similar to the one in the center of NGC 3862. [Cosmovision/Wolfgang Steffen/UNAM]

This document was last modified: September 17, 2010.