Sagittarius A*

English

Etymology

From being the unseen gravitational centre associated with the astronomical radio source Sagittarius A, the astrophysical radio source associated with the centre of the Milky Way Galaxy.

Proper noun

Sagittarius A*

  1. The central supermassive black hole of the Milky Way Galaxy

Synonyms

See also
  • Messier 87* (“Pōwehi”) (the first directly imaged central supermassive black hole of a galaxy)
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