Lone Black Hole Passes in Front of Star (Ground-Based View)
Two images of a crowded starfield as seen through a ground-based telescope show the subtle brightening of a star due to the effect of gravitational microlensing, where an invisible but massive foreground object passes in front of the star and amplifies its light.
Credit:
NOAO, Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory
About the Image
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| Id: | opo0003c |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 13 January 2000, 18:30 |
| Size: | 67 x 67 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Black Holes, Milky Way |
| Type: | • Milky Way : Cosmology : Phenomenon : Lensing • Quasars/AGN/Black Hole Images/Videos • Cosmology Images/Videos |
