

Alternate Names
IC 4625
Type
Location
in the constellation Ophiuchus
Distance
320 million light-years (98 megaparsecs)
Mass
870 million to 2 billion times the mass of the Sun
Size
Diameter roughly equal to the diameter of Uranus' or Neptune's orbit around the Sun
Discovery Methods


This image from Chandra X-Ray Observatory shows the two black-hole nuclei as white and blue blobs near the center. [NASA/CXC/S.Komossa et al.]
This document was last modified: March 6, 2013.