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List of black holes

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This is a list of black holes (and stars considered probable candidates) organized by size (including black holes 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.

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Supermassive black holes and candidates

  • 1ES 2344+514
  • 3C 75
  • 3C 371
  • 4C +37.11 (this radio galaxy is believed to have binary supermassive black holes)
  • AP Lib
  • APM 08279+5255 (contains the largest black hole estimated at 23 billion solar masses)
  • Arp 220
  • Centaurus A
  • EXO 0706.1+5913
  • Fornax A
  • HE0450-2958
  • 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; the central supermassive black hole is listed as fourth largest, and it is unusually large in proportion to the host galaxy, being 14% of the mass, instead of the usual 0.1%
  • 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)
  • NGC 4564
  • NGC 4579
  • NGC 4596
  • NGC 4697
  • NGC 4742
  • NGC 4791
  • NGC 4849
  • NGC 4889 (contains the second largest supermassive black hole, estimated at 21 billion solar masses.)
  • NGC 4945
  • NGC 5033
  • NGC 5845
  • NGC 6251
  • NGC 7052
  • NGC 7457
  • OJ 287 (a BL Lac object containing the fifth largest supermassive black hole until NGC 4889's discovery, estimated at 18 billion solar masses)
  • PKS 0521-365
  • PKS 0548-322
  • PKS 2201+044
  • Q0906+6930 (a blazar organized around a supermassive black hole)
  • RX J1131 (first black hole whose spin was directly measured)
  • Sagittarius A*, which is in the centre of the Milky Way
  • Andromeda in the center of Andromeda Galaxy

    • Types

  • Quasar
  • Supermassive black hole
  • Hypercompact stellar system (is organized around a supermassive black hole). Hypothetical object.

    • Intermediate-mass black holes and candidates

  • Cigar Galaxy (Messier 82, NGC 3034)
  • 1E1740.7-2942 (Great Annihilator), 340 LY from Sgr A*
  • CO-0.40-0.22
  • 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)
  • CXOU J132527.6-430023 A candidate stellar mass black hole outside of the Local Group.
  • Cygnus X-1
  • Cygnus X-3
  • GRO J0422+32 (this is the smallest black hole yet discovered)
  • GRO J1655-40/V1033 Sco (at one time considered the smallest black hole known)
  • 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)
  • M33 X-7 (most massive stellar-mass black hole known)
  • 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 (at one time considered the smallest black hole known)
  • XTE J1819-254/V4641 Sgr
  • The black holes involved in the binary black hole merger that produced the gravitational wave signal GW150914. Note that this detection confirmed the (former) existence of 3 black holes: the two original black holes with masses of 29 and 32 solar masses that merged to form one heavier black hole with a mass of 62 solar masses.
  • The black holes involved in the binary black hole merger that produced the gravitational wave signal GW151226. Note that, as for GW150914, this detection confirmed the existence of three black holes: two initial black holes of mass 14 and 8 solar masses that merged into a new, more massive black hole of 21 solar masses.

    • Binary black holes

  • SDSS J120136.02+300305.5 core black holes — a pair of supermassive blackholes at the centre of this galaxy
  • PG 1302-102 – the first binary-cored quasar — a pair of supermassive blackholes at the core of this quasar
  • Formerly, the two black holes which produced gravitational wave signal GW150914 (now a single stellar mass BH, see above)
  • Formerly, the two black holes which produced gravitational wave signal GW151226 (now a single stellar mass BH, see above)

    • Trinary black holes

    As of 2014, there are 5 triple black hole systems known.

  • SDSS J150243.09+111557.3 (SDSS J1502+1115) core black holes — the three components are distant tertiary J1502P, and the close binary pair J1502S composed of J1502SE and J1502SW
  • GOODS J123652.77+621354.7 core black holes of triple-clump galaxy —
  • 2MASX J10270057+1749001 (SDSS J1027+1749) core black holes —

    • References

    List of black holes Wikipedia
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