Just don’t get too close, or you’ll be spaghettified and die before you get to visit the rest.
The supermassive black hole in the centre of this ultra-dense galaxy.
If you're after stars, ultra-dense galaxy M60-UCD1 54 million light years away is the perfect destination. Its supermassive black hole, which weighs the same as 21 million suns, is the cherry on the top – warping the stars behind it and appearing as a silhouette on the starry sky.
NASA, ESA, and D. Coe and G. Bacon (STScI) / Via hubblesite.org
This black hole in binary system 4U1630-47.
If you're a star in a binary system and your companion just turned into a black hole, start worrying. The black hole's gravity is about to pull you apart and turn you into a disk with a temperature so high that you'll emit x-rays and two powerful jets of particles.
On the plus side, if you're a tourist and keep a safe distance, it makes a great show.
ESA/ATG medialab / Via esa.int
This supermassive black hole surrounded by dust.
Spinning black holes gather up dust and debris just like tornados do, but on a cosmic scale. At least 30 of these powerful, partially dust-obscured black holes were found in a deep sky survey called GOODS (Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey) fields in 2004. With so many to choose, there's something to suit all budgets.
ESA/NASA, the AVO project and Paolo Padovani / Via spacetelescope.org
This black hole in a spiral galaxy 500 million light years away.
Yes, 500 million light years is a bit of a trek. But black hole NLS1 PG1244+026 taught astronomers about measuring how black holes spin, so if you're a history buff it's definitely worth the trip.
NASA/JPL-Caltech / Via stfc.ac.uk
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