Indian telescope detects black hole

 

Astrophysicists from Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), have successfully detected and measured the properties of a black hole which has remained elusive and is found in a faint galaxy called NGC 4395 about 4.3 million light-years away from Earth. Using the 3.6m Devasthal Optical Telescope (DOT) India's largest optical telescope -, the team found that gas clouds orbit the black hole at a distance of 125 light-minutes. "The discovery refines our understanding about how black holes, especially those that weigh between 100 and 100,000 Suns, grow and interact with their surroundings," the scientists said.