Black holes

14 CATALOGUED

Regions where gravity wins. From stellar remnants a few times the Sun's mass to the giants anchoring entire galaxies.

RANKED LISTS
Nearest▸
Gaia BH1 — 1560 ly away
TOP 14
Largest▸
TON 618 — 6.6×10¹⁰ M☉
TOP 14
PRIMER — 60 SECONDS

What is a black hole?

A region where matter has collapsed so densely that nothing — not even light — escapes past its event horizon. The glowing ring in images is superheated infalling gas, not the hole itself.

How we find them

By their influence: stars orbiting an invisible mass, X-rays from accreting gas, and gravitational waves from mergers. Three classes: stellar, intermediate, supermassive.

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THE FAMOUS ONES

] 12 ENTRIES
NAME
CLASS
MASS
DISTANCE
MAG
CONSTELLATION
3C 273*★
Supermassive black hole
8.86×10⁸ M☉
2.440 Gly
—
Virgo
A0620-00★
Stellar-mass black hole
6.60 M☉
3300 ly
—
Monoceros
Cygnus X-1★
Stellar-mass black hole
21.20 M☉
7240 ly
—
Cygnus
Gaia BH1★
Stellar-mass black hole
9.60 M☉
1560 ly
—
Ophiuchus
GRS 1915+105★
Stellar-mass black hole
12.40 M☉
28 000 ly
—
Aquila
GW150914 remnant★
Stellar-mass black hole
62.00 M☉
1.300 Gly
—
—
GW170817 remnant★
Stellar-mass black hole
2.70 M☉
130.0 Mly
—
Hydra
HLX-1★
Intermediate-mass black hole
2×10⁴ M☉
290.0 Mly
—
Phoenix
M87*★
Supermassive black hole
6.5×10⁹ M☉
53.50 Mly
—
Virgo
NGC 1277*★
Supermassive black hole
1.2×10¹⁰ M☉
220.0 Mly
—
Perseus
Sagittarius A*★
Supermassive black hole
4.15×10⁶ M☉
26 673 ly
—
Sagittarius
TON 618★
Supermassive black hole
6.6×10¹⁰ M☉
10.80 Gly
—
Canes Venatici
ALL CLASSESSTELLAR-MASS BLACK HOLE · 7SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLE · 5INTERMEDIATE-MASS BLACK HOLE · 2
BY CONSTELLATION · 11 REGIONS
CYGNUS · 2VIRGO · 2AQUILA · 1CANES VENATICI · 1CENTAURUS · 1HYDRA · 1MONOCEROS · 1OPHIUCHUS · 1PERSEUS · 1PHOENIX · 1SAGITTARIUS · 1
NAME▼
CLASS
MASS
DISTANCE
MAG
CONSTELLATION
ω Centauri IMBH★
Intermediate-mass black hole
8200.00 M☉
17 700 ly
—
Centaurus
V404 Cygni★
Stellar-mass black hole
9.00 M☉
7800 ly
—
Cygnus
TON 618★
Supermassive black hole
6.6×10¹⁰ M☉
10.80 Gly
—
Canes Venatici
Sagittarius A*★
Supermassive black hole
4.15×10⁶ M☉
26 673 ly
—
Sagittarius
NGC 1277*★
Supermassive black hole
1.2×10¹⁰ M☉
220.0 Mly
—
Perseus
M87*★
Supermassive black hole
6.5×10⁹ M☉
53.50 Mly
—
Virgo
HLX-1★
Intermediate-mass black hole
2×10⁴ M☉
290.0 Mly
—
Phoenix
GW170817 remnant★
Stellar-mass black hole
2.70 M☉
130.0 Mly
—
Hydra
GW150914 remnant★
Stellar-mass black hole
62.00 M☉
1.300 Gly
—
—
GRS 1915+105★
Stellar-mass black hole
12.40 M☉
28 000 ly
—
Aquila
Gaia BH1★
Stellar-mass black hole
9.60 M☉
1560 ly
—
Ophiuchus
Cygnus X-1★
Stellar-mass black hole
21.20 M☉
7240 ly
—
Cygnus
A0620-00★
Stellar-mass black hole
6.60 M☉
3300 ly
—
Monoceros
3C 273*★
Supermassive black hole
8.86×10⁸ M☉
2.440 Gly
—
Virgo

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