Close-up of the black-hole system GRO J1655-40 (ground-based image)
In this one-degree view the black-hole system GRO J1655-40 is marked with a red circle. An arrow indicates the motion of the black hole over the next 100 000 years.
Credit:
European Space Agency, NASA & Digitized Sky Survey
About the Image
| Id: | heic0211g |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 18 November 2002, 15:00 |
| Related releases: | heic0211 |
| Size: | 1033 x 826 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 |
