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This is an incomplete list of black holes (and stars considered probable candidates) organized by size (including black hole stars of undetermined mass); some items in this list are galaxies or star clusters that are believed to be organized around a black hole. Messier and New General Catalogue designations are given where possible.
Supermassive black holes and candidates
- 1ES 2344+514
- 3C 66B
- 3C 75
- 3C 371
- 4C +37.11 (this radio galaxy is believed to have binary supermassive black holes)
- AP Lib
- APM 08279+5255
- Arp 220
- Centaurus A
- EXO 0706.1+5913
- Fornax A
- HE0450-2958
- Hypercompact stellar system (is organized around a supermassive black hole). Hypothetical object.
- IC 1459
- J1728.2+5013
- MCG-6-30-15
- Messier 31 (or the Andromeda Galaxy)
- Messier 32
- Messier 51 (or the Whirlpool Galaxy)
- Messier 60
- Messier 77
- Messier 81 (or Bode's Galaxy)
- Messier 84
- Messier 87 (or Virgo A)
- Messier 104 (or the Sombrero Galaxy)
- Messier 105
- Messier 106
- Mrk 180
- Mrk 421
- Mrk 501
- NGC 821
- NGC 1023
- NGC 1097
- NGC 1277
- NGC 1566
- NGC 2778
- NGC 2787
- NGC 3079
- NGC 3115
- NGC 3245
- NGC 3377
- NGC 3384
- NGC 3608
- NGC 3894
- NGC 3998
- NGC 4151
- NGC 4261
- NGC 4291
- NGC 4342
- NGC 4350
- NGC 4438
- NGC 4459
- NGC 4473
- NGC 4486B (a satellite galaxy of Messier 87)[1]
- NGC 4564
- NGC 4579
- NGC 4596
- NGC 4697
- NGC 4742
- NGC 4791
- NGC 4945
- NGC 5033
- NGC 5845
- NGC 6251
- NGC 7052
- NGC 7457
- OJ 287 (this BL Lac object has the largest known supermassive black hole at its center)
- PKS 0521-365
- PKS 0548-322
- PKS 2201+044
- Q0906+6930 (a blazar organized around a supermassive black hole)
- Sagittarius A*, which is in the centre of the Milky Way
Intermediate-mass black holes and candidates
- Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31, NGC 224)
- Cigar Galaxy (Messier 82, NGC 3034)
- GCIRS 13E
- HLX-1
- M82 X-1
- Messier 15 (NGC 7078)
- Messier 110 (NGC 205)
- NGC 1313 X-1
- NGC 1313 X-2
- Sculptor Galaxy (NGC 253)
- Triangulum Galaxy (Messier 33, NGC 598)
Stellar black holes and candidates
- 4U 1543-475/IL Lupi
- A0620-00/V616 Mon (this black hole is currently thought to be the closest to Earth, at about 3,000 light years, with a mass roughly estimated to be 11.0 ± 1.9 times the mass of Sun)
- Cygnus X-1
- Cygnus X-3
- GRO J0422+32 (this is the smallest black hole yet discovered)
- GRO J1655-40/V1033 Sco
- GRS 1124-683/GU Mus
- GRS 1915+105/V1487 Aql
- GS 2000+25/QZ Vul
- GX 339-4/V821 Ara
- IGR J17091-3624 (candidate smallest stellar black hole) [2][3]
- M33 X-7 (most massive stellar-mass black hole known) [4]
- MACHO-96-BLG-5
- MACHO-96-NLG-5
- MACHO-98-BLG-6
- MACHO-99-BLG-22
- SN 1997D (in NGC 1536)
- SS 433
- V404 Cyg
- XTE J1118+480/KV UMa
- XTE J1550-564/V381 Nor
- XTE J1650-500
- XTE J1819-254/V4641 Sgr
Micro black holes
Currently, the existence of micro black holes remains solely the subject of theoretical models; research in this area with particle accelerators (such as the Large Hadron Collider) is on-going, although the artificial production of micro black holes with particle accelerators has caused some to voice concerns for safety, considered greatly discredited in scientific examination of the concerns, since higher energy impacts routinely occur on Earth in the form of cosmic rays.
See also
References
- ^ M87's satellite galaxy NGC 4486B, SEDS
- ^ Knapp, Alex (2012-02-22). "The Smallest Known Black Hole Has 20 Million Mile Per Hour Winds". Forbes. Forbes.com LLC. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
{{cite news}}: Check|authorlink=value (help); External link in|authorlink= - ^ NASA.gov, "NASA's RXTE Detects 'Heartbeat' of Smallest Black Hole Candidate", 2011.12.15 (accessed 2011.12.17)
- ^ ScienceDaily, "Heaviest Stellar Black Hole Discovered In Nearby Galaxy", Oct. 18, 2007 (accessed 12-12-2009)
External links
- NASA's general description of black holes.
- A list of black hole stars and candidates compiled by Dr. William Robert Johnston, Ph.D (Physics), a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Texas (Dallas).
