Astronomy:Gaia18ajz

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Gaia18ajz is a candidate black hole that was discovered through a microlensing event. Its mass and distance is not exactly known but it can either be located 1.14 kiloparsecs from earth with a mass of 4.9 solar masses or located at a distance of 1.31 kiloparsecs from earth with a mass of 11.1 solar masses.[1]

It was discovered in 2018 by the Gaia Science Alerts system through gravitational microlensing.[1][2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Howil, K. et al. (2025). "Uncovering the invisible: A study of Gaia18ajz, a candidate black hole revealed by microlensing". Astronomy & Astrophysics 694: A94. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202451046. Bibcode2025A&A...694A..94H. 
  2. "Gaia18ajz". https://gsaweb.ast.cam.ac.uk/alerts/alert/Gaia18ajz/.