Alternate Names

V406 Vulpeculae

Type

Stellar mass

Location

in the constellation Vulpecula

Distance

15,000 to 50,000 light-years

Mass

5.4 times the mass of the Sun

Size

Diameter roughly equal to the size of a large city

Discovery Methods

• Detection of an accretion disk

XTE J1859-226

Artist's concept of the XTE J1859 system. The black hole is at left, surrounded by a disk of hot gas stolen from the star at right.

This document was last modified: March 5, 2013.