A Binary Black Hole

A Binary Black Hole
Binary Black Hole ESO 1600


About this Image
Artist''s impression of the black holes studied by the astronomers, using ULTRACAM attached to ESO's Very Large Telescope. The systems — designated Swift J1753.5-0127 and GX 339-4 — each contain a black hole and a normal star separated by a few million kilometres. That's less than 10 percent of the distance between Mercury and our Sun.
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