Type

Supermassive

Location

In the constellation Hydra

Distance

70 million light-years (21 megaparsecs)

Mass

340 million times the mass of the Sun

Size

Diameter larger than the size of the orbit of Jupiter

Discovery Methods

• Measuring the motions of stars

A combination visible and X-ray image of NGC 3585. [NASA/CXC]

This document was last modified: March 14, 2012.