GRS-1915-105

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Type

Stellar mass

Location

in the constellation Aquila

Distance

8,100 light-years (2500 parsecs)

Mass

14 times the mass of the Sun

Size

Diameter roughly 50 miles (85 km) equal to the size of a large city

Discovery Methods

• Detection of a jet
• Detection of an accretion disk
• Measuring the motions of a companion star

Zooming on in GRS 1915+105. [NASA/CXRO]

This document was last modified: June 10, 2011.