MACHO-96-BLG-5

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MACHO-96-BLG-5
MACHO-96-BLG-5.jpg
Image of MACHO-96-BLG-5
Object type Black hole
Observation data
(Epoch J2000)
Constellation Sagittarius
18h 05m 023s
Declination −27° 42′ 17″
Distance0.5-2 kpc
Mass6 solar masses
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MACHO-96-BLG-5 (M96-95) is a stellar mass black hole that was discovered through gravitational microlensing. [1] [2] It is located at a distance of 0.5-2 kiloparsecs from Earth towards the bulge of the Milky Way galaxy. It has ana estimated mass of 6 solar masses. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Abdurrahman, Fatima N.; Stephens, Haynes F.; Lu, Jessica R. (2021-05-01). "On the Possibility of Stellar Lenses in the Black Hole Candidate Microlensing Events MACHO-96-BLG-5 and MACHO-98-BLG-6". The Astrophysical Journal. 912 (2): 146. arXiv: 2103.09923 . Bibcode:2021ApJ...912..146A. doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/abee83 . ISSN   0004-637X.
  2. ↑ Forest Stephens, Haynes; Lu, Jessica (January 2018). "Late-time high-resolution images of the black hole candidate microlensing events, MACHO-96-BLG-5 and MACHO-98-BLG-6". American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #231. 231: 347.06. Bibcode:2018AAS...23134706F.
  3. ↑ Nucita, A. A.; De Paolis, F.; Ingrosso, G.; Elia, D.; de Plaa, J.; Kaastra, J. S. (2006-11-10). "An XMM-Newton Search for X-Ray Emission from the Microlensing Event MACHO-96-BLG-5". The Astrophysical Journal. 651 (2): 1092–1097. Bibcode:2006ApJ...651.1092N. doi:10.1086/507784. ISSN   0004-637X.
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