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- Mon Nov 10, 2008 7:52 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Black Hole Binary Systems (APOD 09 Nov 2008)
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Re: Black Hole Binary Systems (APOD 09 Nov 2008)
This must be a misprint written by some science journalist who normally covers sports. 25000 light years! Maybe 25 light years. 25K light years is about the same distance between the Solar System and our Galactic Center. The original paper concludes the two black holes are a gravitationally bound s...
- Mon Nov 10, 2008 6:08 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Black Hole Binary Systems (APOD 09 Nov 2008)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2006
Re: Black Hole Binary Systems (APOD 09 Nov 2008)
It seems to me that 25,000 light years apart is pretty far for two objects to be considered a binary system, even supermassive black holes. They must be really supermassive. pj This must be a misprint written by some science journalist who normally covers sports. 25000 light years! Maybe 25 light y...