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A Brief Summary of Black Holes
Stellarmass black holes
The most massive stars end their lives in titanic explosions, leaving nothing behind but their ultra dense collapsed cores.
Midmass black holes
A new class of recentlydiscovered black holes have masses on the order of hundreds or thousands of stars.
Supermassive black holes
The centers of galaxies contain giant black holes, with the masses of millions, even billions, of stars.
We cannot see black holes directly, but their influence on the matter around them reveals their presence.
Representations above are artists’ impressions, and not to scale. http://www.universeforum.org/einstein/ Real Images of Actual Black
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Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Xray Binary: Visible Light View
Many of the stars in our universe come in pairs. Ordinary stars orbiting around a black hole will appear to “wobble” in the sky. http://www.universeforum.org/einstein/ Real Images of Actual Black
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NASA / CXC / SAO
Xray Binary: Xray Light View
More dramatically, matter being pulled off the orbiting star, into the accretion disk of the black hole, glows brightly in xrays. http://www.universeforum.org/einstein/ Real Images of Actual Black
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W. Keel (U. Alabama), et al.. 1.54m Telescope, Chile
Globular Cluster: Visible Light View
Globular clusters are large, dense clusters of stars.
These stars are among the oldest stars in our universe. http://www.universeforum.org/einstein/ Real Images of Actual Black
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NASA / CXC / CfA/J. Grindlay & C. Heinke
Globular Cluster: Xray Light View
Stars orbiting around black holes inside these ancient clusters are revealed by the xray glow of matter around them. http://www.universeforum.org/einstein/ Real Images of Actual Black
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W. Keel (U. Alabama), et al.. 1.54m Telescope, Chile
Milky Way Center: Visible Light View
The heart of our galaxy is a veritable soup of stars, gas, and dust. On a clear night in a dark sky, the view is breathtaking. http://www.universeforum.org/einstein/ Real Images of Actual Black
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NASA / U.Mass / D. Wang, et al.
Milky Way Center: Xray Light View
Lurking within our galaxy’s hot, turbulent center are xray binaries, neutron stars, and even a supermassive black hole. http://www.universeforum.org/einstein/ Real Images of Actual Black
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NOAO / AURA / NSF/ T. Boroson
Spiral Galaxy: Visible Light View
Like our own Milky Way, M74 is a majestic spiral. The swirling spiral arms house a menagerie of stars and stellar material. http://www.universeforum.org/einstein/ Real Images of Actual Black
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NASA/CXC / U. Michigan / J. Liu et al.
Spiral Galaxy: Xray Light View
Xray observations of strange new sources provide evidence for a new class of black holes, with the mass of 10,000 stars. http://www.universeforum.org/einstein/ Real Images of Actual Black
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NASA / CXC / U. Michigan / J. Liu et al.
NOAO / AURA / NSF / T. Boroson
Spiral Galaxy: Multiwavelength View
Combining xray and visible light observations can pinpoint the locations of black hole, providing a more complete picture. http://www.universeforum.org/einstein/ Real Images of Actual Black
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NASA / CXC / SAO / R. DiStefano, et al.
Spiral Galaxies: An Xray Gallery
Thanks to the Chandra Xray Observatory, these “midmass” black holes are becoming part of the story for all galaxies. http://www.universeforum.org/einstein/ Real Images of Actual Black
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Elliptical Galaxy: Visible and Xray Views
Digital Sky Survey
NASA / CXC / UVA / C. Sarazin, et al.
Indeed, most (if not all) galaxies are now thought to house a variety of black holes, ranging in mass from small to large. http://www.universeforum.org/einstein/ Real Images of Actual Black
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NASA / CXC / PSU /D. M.