Galaxy NGC 1277 (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Austin

Galaxy NGC 1277

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Image of lenticular galaxy NGC 1277 taken with Hubble Space Telescope. This small, flattened galaxy contains one of the most massive central black holes ever found. At 17 billion solar masses, the black hole weighs an extraordinary 14 percent of the total galaxy mass.

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NASA/ESA/Andrew C. Fabian

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