Is there a black hole at the center of our galaxy?
- Author:
- Krisciunas, Kevin
- Title:
- Is there a black hole at the center of our galaxy?
- Periodical:
- Hawaii Tribune Herald
- Year:
- 1985
- Volume:
- V4
- Pages:
- 42b
- Subject:
- Galaxies Black holes Astronomy
- Summary:
- Astronomers flying on the Kuiper Airborne Observatory discovered a doughnut-shaped ring of dust centered abround two objects near the center of Milky Way galaxy: Sgr A* and IRS-16. Infrared observations from Mauna Kea confirmed the ring of molecules and discovered evidence of a strong wind from the objects at the center. They calculated that there is about 4 million solar masses of material in the inside of the doughnut and it might be a black hole.
- Date:
- September 4, 1985
- Collection:
- Akiyama