The mass of a black hole in the galaxy M60-UCD1 to 21 times the mass of the Sun
NASA Astronomers have discovered a supermassive black hole in a dwarf galaxy M60-UCD1, located 50 million light- years from Earth. This was reported by CBS News.
according to the scientists, M60-UCD1 the densest of all the galaxy, where black holes have been found on this scale. Supermassive black hole is considered, if the gravitational pull of a million or more times greater than the attraction of stars like our Sun. A black hole in the galaxy M60-UCD1 has a mass 21 million times greater than the sun, although our galaxy, the Milky Way, 500 times more than the M60-UCD1.
The head of the research group, Anil Seth explained that the study the use of adaptive optics technology was performed using space telescope “Hubble”, as well as eight-meter telescope “Gemini” in Mauna Kea, Hawaii. Adaptive technology allows us to observe the movement of the stars within the dense outer cluster. Scientists say that the inhabitants of the galaxy M60-UCD1, if they exist, have the opportunity to admire the breathtaking spectacle of their sky shines over a million stars, while on earth, it is not more than 4 thousand luminaries.
According to one hypothesis explaining the emergence of a supermassive black hole in a dwarf galaxy, M60-UCD1 previously had huge size, but once passed close to the center of the galaxy even more, M60, has lost most of the stars, as well as the substance of the black hole. Researchers believe that in the end both galaxies will merge into one. Mass of the black hole in the galaxy M60 in more than a thousand times the mass of the black hole in our galaxy.
At the beginning of August, Russian astrophysicists discovered the absorption of three stars in the centers of galaxies, supermassive black holes. Scientists have found another object, which, in their assumptions may prove to be torn asunder by a star.
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