Super Massive Black HolesOJ 287

Super Massive Black Holes

• Their mass is usually between 100,000 and 10,000,000,000 solar masses

• Most galaxies contain one or more at their center• The accretion disk is matter orbiting the black

hole

Artist’s Drawing

OJ 287 is located in the Cancer Constellation

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Tuorla Obsevitory, Finland Mauri Voltonen