Observation by Nick Hewitt: Black Hole night 2

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Nick Hewitt

Observer

Nick Hewitt

Observed

2019 Apr 10 - 21:30

Uploaded

2019 Apr 11 - 09:35

Objects

Barnard 92

Equipment

TMB 115mm f7 triplet
EQ8
Trius 814

Exposure

5 x 300s. Cropped from original.

Location

Northampton

Target name

OJ287

Title

Black Hole night 2

About this image

A slightly grotty image of OJ 287 taken last night . Not much to look at grant you BUT it's stupendous. It is a binary black hole in a BL Lac object in Cancer 3.5 billion light-years distant. The more massive is 18 billion solar masses, the less massive is a mere 100 million solar masses. One of Paul Abel and Pete Lawrence's challenges from the Winchester Weekend. Food for thought?

Files associated with this observation

OJ287 2019-04-10 2200ut TMB cropped annotated.jpg (1.5 MB)

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