GX 339-4
Encyclopedia
GX 339-4 is a moderately strong variable galactic Low-Mass X-ray binary (LMXB) source and black hole
-candidate, which flares from time to time.
Black hole
A black hole is a region of spacetime from which nothing, not even light, can escape. The theory of general relativity predicts that a sufficiently compact mass will deform spacetime to form a black hole. Around a black hole there is a mathematically defined surface called an event horizon that...
-candidate, which flares from time to time.
External Links
- http://iopscience.iop.org/1538-3881/123/3/1741: Optical Observations of the black hole candidate GX 339-4 Cowely et al.