Messier 87*
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[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Black_hole_-_Messier_87.jpg/220px-Black_hole_-_Messier_87.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]Coined in analogy to Sagittarius A*.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]- The central supermassive black hole of galaxy Messier 87, the first directly imaged supermassive blackhole
Synonyms
[edit]- M87* (abbreviation)
- Pōwehi
- NGC 4486*
- Virgo X-1*
- Virgo A*
See also
[edit]- Sagittarius A* / Sgr A* (the central supermassive blackhole of the Milky Way Galaxy)