Region around black-hole system GRO J1655-40 (ground-based image)
Four-degree field is centred on the black-hole system GRO J1655-40. The image is from the Digitized Sky Survey II.
Credit:
Digitized Sky Survey
About the Image
| Id: | heic0211f |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 18 November 2002, 15:00 |
| Related release: | heic0211 |
| Size: | 2750 x 3291 px |
About the Object
| Name: | GRO J1655-40 |
| Type: | • Milky Way : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Black Hole • Milky Way : Star : Grouping : Binary |
| Distance: | 5500 light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
| Optical R |
DSS |
| Infrared I |
DSS |
