The black that is found in the center of the galaxy is known to be the largest ever recorded black hole. It it found around 220 million light years away in the constellation Perseus. The black hole makes up for 14% the mass of the galaxy and is estimated to have the mass of 17 billion suns. Black holes are still much of a mystery to science. Only theory can tell how it functions. In relativity, the universe is placed out on a sheet and the more massive an object is, the bigger the dent it will create in the sheet. A black hole, by theory, will create an infinitely large dent in the sheet of space and time. The gravitational pull of the black hole is great enough that light can't escape its pull. We can't see black holes because we can't see light go in them. When an object leaves a "dent in the sheet" it creates a time warp where time slows down. The time warp that a black hole creates is infinite so we can only see the light move infinitely closer to the event horizon. The other mystery is what happens when you cross the event horizon. All our atoms would be split apart from the gravity, but where the energy goes is a mystery.
Chemical Composition:
- Unknown
Location: RA 3h 19m 51.5s Dec 31 44' 25'
Spectral Analysis: Unknown
Stellar Classification: Super massive black hole
Work Cited:
- Wilson Davis (2012). "They find the largest black hole ever recorded" retrieved on October 1, 2015 from http://techcrash.net/they-find-the-largest-black-hole-ever-recorded/
- N.A. (2015). "NGC 1277" retrieved on October 1, 2015 from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_1277
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