Contact: Remco van den Bosch
bosch@mpia.de
49-622-152-8381
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

NGC-1277

Caption: Invisible gravitational trap: the centre of the NGC 1277 disk galaxy harbours a black hole with 17 billion solar masses -- one of the heaviest ever found.

Credit: NASA / ESA / Andrew C. Fabian / Remco C. van den Bosch (MPIA)

Usage Restrictions: None

Related news release: Black hole upsets galaxy models