Closest black holes to Earth may be in the Hyades star cluster

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Closest black holes to Earth may be in the Hyades star cluster

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Re: Closest black holes to Earth may be in the Hyades star cluster

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Thanks Gary.

And they're only 150 light years away!

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Re: Closest black holes to Earth may be in the Hyades star cluster

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Graeme1858 wrote: Mon Sep 11, 2023 6:01 am Thanks Gary.

And they're only 150 light years away!

Graeme
IIRC that's close enough to measure distances by parallax. That could lead to more precise measurements of black hole behavior vs that predicted by our models.
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