Where in the galaxy do you find a black hole?

Answer 1

You can't see it because a black hole is invisable unless it is devouring a star or planet. The one way scientist can find one is that they detect very high levels of radiation. An extremely good place to look is at the centers of galaxies. It appears that every galaxy has a black hole at its center.

Answer 2

The best place to find a black hole would be in the heart of the galaxy. Although it take hundreds of years just to reach the closest one, using the fastest rocket. So i hope you werent planning a trip to a black hole!!

Answer 3

There are a few ways to find black holes. Most of the time scientists scan the night sky for X-rays, because black holes emit a lot of X-rays from the gas/other objects being sucked into a black hole. They heat up so much they start emitting X-rays in other words. Another way is if a star is orbiting a black hole in a binary star system. When the black hole is in between the star and earth, the black hole eclipses the star, because one of the properties of a black hole is taking in light itself. There may be newer ways, but I'm not 100% sure of them. I thought the first black hole recorded was found by using the binary star system as stated above, but not 100% sure of that ether. If you want to know more about black holes vist www.hubblesite.org

Answer 4

Finding a black hole is really hard unless it is sucking some star or solar system up, they can creep up from anywhere with no warning. There is one well black hole that we can spot though and it is the super massive blackhole in the center of the galaxy. It is what our sun orbits around.

Answer 5

Astronomers use a black hole's gravitational lensing effect to find them. Massive objects warp the spacetime around them causing light to curve toward it thereby making the appearance of light around it looks as if it is bending inwards towards a central point. In the blackness of space, this effect is essentially invisible so the only way for an astronomer to "see" a black hole is if it's transiting another object.

Additionally, it is entirely possible that in a multi-star system (Binary and trinary), one of the companion stars may be a black hole. This is good for astronomers because they will see only one star in a binary system, however, this method is not foolproof because it is very possible that the other companion star is just too dim.

Answer 6

Black holes can be found throughout the galaxy, often at the center of galaxies or in binary star systems. Some known black holes are in the Milky Way galaxy, such as Sagittarius A* at the center of our galaxy.

Answer 7

1.the location of a large star 2.the center of galaxies 3.random spots in the universe 4. the atmosphere