Type

Supermassive

Location

In the constellation Leo Minor

Distance

68 million light-years (20.9 megaparsecs)

Mass

160 to 260 million times the mass of the Sun

Size

Diameter roughly equal to the diameter of Jupiter's orbit around the Sun

Discovery Methods

• Measuring the motions of gas

NGC 3245

A ground-based image of NGC 3245.

This document was last modified: March 14, 2012.