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Huge Black Hole With The Mass Of 644 Suns Discovered

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The cosmic void is found at the heart of galaxy NGC 1332 in the Eridanus Group and measurements suggest it weighs the equivalent of 664 million solar masses.

Giant Black Hole 660 Million Times Bigger Than Sun 

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NGC 1332 (also PGC 12838, ESO 548-18, MCG -4-9-11, IRAS 03240-2130, and UGCA 72) is a magnitude +10.3 lenticular galaxy located 70 million light-years away in the constellation Eridanus.

The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) f/13 speculum reflector at Datchet, Berkshire, on the 9th December 1784. 

Right Ascension 03h 26m 17.3s, Declination -21° 20' 07"



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