Alternate Names

Markarian 1419

Type

Supermassive

Location

In the constellation Hydra

Distance

230 million light-years (71 megaparsecs)

Mass

11.5 million times the mass of the Sun

Size

Diameter equal to the distance from the Sun to Mercury

Discovery Methods

• Measuring the motions of gas

Ground-based view of NGC 2960 [Sloan Digital Sky Survey]

This document was last modified: August 29, 2011.