IGR J12580+0134

Author(s): Gurren Lagann Vision

Release date:

IGR J12580+0134 is the central supermassive black hole within the galaxy NGC 4845. Located nearly 68.7 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo, it is estimated to be about 300,000 times the mass of the Sun. In 2013, the INTEGRAL satellite detected an X-ray flare corresponding to the black hole absorbing matter from a low-mass object, presumed to be a brown dwarf or superjovian planet. This makes it the first known exoplanet to orbit a black hole

The planet approaching periastron around the central supermassive black hole of NGC 4845

Help us translate this page here.

Open in Celestia (Recommended) or Download

How to install add-ons? Find out here.