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Supermassive black hole at centre of our galaxyhttp://forum.jodcast.net/comments.php?DiscussionID=14&Focus=49#Comment_492008-12-16T08:01:33+00:002010-09-08T14:13:05+01:00Megan Argohttp://forum.jodcast.net/account.php?u=28
It is the same group, with more results than last time (it's at least the fourth press release on this rather cool study). The positions of the stars have been measured to a very impressive ...
Supermassive black hole at centre of our galaxyhttp://forum.jodcast.net/comments.php?DiscussionID=14&Focus=48#Comment_482008-12-16T02:22:45+00:002010-09-08T14:13:05+01:00MarkShttp://forum.jodcast.net/account.php?u=17
There is a recent (11/12/08) article in Science News with refined estimates of Sagittarius A*'s mass: ...
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Supermassive black hole at centre of our galaxyhttp://forum.jodcast.net/comments.php?DiscussionID=14&Focus=47#Comment_472008-12-10T11:41:50+00:002010-09-08T14:13:05+01:00Stuart Lowehttp://forum.jodcast.net/account.php?u=1
@leloup, I thought something very similar because I remember previously seeing the impressive animations on the Max Planck website (http://www.mpe.mpg.de/ir/GC/index.php). It looks as though they've ...
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Supermassive black hole at centre of our galaxyhttp://forum.jodcast.net/comments.php?DiscussionID=14&Focus=45#Comment_452008-12-10T11:24:39+00:002010-09-08T14:13:05+01:00lelouphttp://forum.jodcast.net/account.php?u=9
I saw this on the Beeb site a little while ago - but I remember last year (?) seeing an animation shown on Sky At Night of stars orbiting the black hole. Does anyone know is this is a separate study ...
Either way - it's amazing seeing suns orbiting!]]>
Supermassive black hole at centre of our galaxyhttp://forum.jodcast.net/comments.php?DiscussionID=14&Focus=44#Comment_442008-12-10T10:07:46+00:002010-09-08T14:13:05+01:00jamxhttp://forum.jodcast.net/account.php?u=22
The Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics is reporting finding from a 16 year study which shows a supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy.It reportedly has a central mass of 4 ...
It reportedly has a central mass of 4 million solar masses.