New Black Hole forming in our backyard
November 17th 2010 04:47
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Well not quite in our back yard. What we are now seeing is the possible formation of a black hole from the remnant of an exploded star.
SN1979 C was first detected some 30 odd years ago in the relatively nearby galaxy called M100 located some 50 million light years away. SN 1979C was discovered by amateur astronomer Gus Johnson.
The black hole is the result of the collapse of a star as it gravity tries to hold itself together in literally implodes, as the result of the explosion the star’s core collapses and can form a black hole.
Astronomers are not certain that it is a black hole but there is strong evidence to suggest it is.
Supernova 1979C was continually monitored and studied over the last 30 years and it’s perhaps the first sighting of an active black hole formation within such a “short” space of time span of 30 years.
Considering that the light form M100 has taken 50 million years to reach us. What we are seeing now in real time is what occurred eons ago. It will take another 50 million light years to show us was is really there in our time period, perhaps a completely different scenario.
Type II supernovas signifies the death of massive stars. The supernova explosion binds heavy elements and blasts the outer stellar layers into space while the core collapses into a black hole or perhaps form neutron star. SN1979C was about 20 solar masses a massive star indeed.
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