Alternate Names

Nova Muscae 1991, GRS 1124-684

Type

Stellar mass

Location

In the constellation Musca

Distance

16,500 light-years

Mass

7 times the mass of the Sun

Size

Diameter of 25 miles (42 km)

Discovery Methods

• Detection of an accretion disk

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Observations by the European Southern Observatory show significant changes in the brightness of GU Muscae over a period of just a few hours. [ESO]

This document was last modified: September 2, 2008.