NGC 1600, the Home to a Supermassive and Possible Binary Black Hole (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

NGC 1600, the Home to a Supermassive and Possible Binary Black Hole

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A sky survey image of the massive galaxy NGC 1600, and a Hubble Space Telescope closeup of the bright center of the galaxy where the 17-billion-solar-mass black hole -- or binary black hole -- resides.

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ESA/Hubble image courtesy of STScI.

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