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Optical Image of M82. Subaru Telescope, NAO Japan

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Description	English: Optical Image of M82. Subaru Telescope, NAO Japan
Date	12 September 2000 (upload date)
Source	M82 Black Hole: Chandra Clinches Case for Missing Link Black Hole
Author	Subaru Telescope, NAO Japan
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Category InfoField	Black Holes
Constellation InfoField	Ursa Major
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Image title	Using Chandra's superior resolution, astronomers have discovered a new type of black hole. The bright source near the center of the image is associated with the black hole. It is located 600 light years away from the dynamical center (small green +) of M82 and has a mass of more than 500 suns. This mid-mass black hole may represent the missing link between smaller stellar black holes and the supermassive variety found at the centers of most galaxies. The source was seen to increase dramatically in intensity over a period of three months (compare left and right panels) after which it decreased in intensity. A pattern of variability such as this indicates that the source is a black hole.
Author	Chandra X-ray Observatory Center
Source	Chandra X-ray Observatory
Headline	Mid-mass black hole found 600 light years from galaxy center.
Credit/Provider	NASA/SAO/CXC
Short title	Chandra Clinches Case for Missing Link Black Hole
Usage terms	http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/image_use.html
Date and time of data generation	12 September 2000
Orientation	Normal
Exif version	2.21
Color space	sRGB
Date metadata was last modified	11:46, 27 July 2012
Unique ID of original document	AF901D9F51F922BF1FB53519C09F3958
Keywords	M82 Black Hole
Contact information	cxcpub@cfa.harvard.edu http://chandra.harvard.edu 60 Garden St. Cambridge, MA, 02138 USA 617.496.7941
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