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Sagittarius A*

The supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, imaged by the Event Horizon Telescope in 2022.

Type
Black hole
Domain
Scientific connections
Connections
12

NASA · Public domain

Sagittarius A* — Deneb, Rigel A, Sagittarius A* size comparison.
Deneb, Rigel A, Sagittarius A* size comparison. · Typhoon2021

Experience system V6

Compact-object profile

A restrained scientific layout for extreme gravity, accretion structures, host systems, and observational evidence.

Compact-object SVGHost contextAtlas mapEvidence graph
  1. 01

    Observe

    WIKIMEDIA imagery anchors the visual reading with licensed source metadata.

  2. 02

    Measure

    Measurement panels use graph coverage, catalog identifiers, and source availability without inventing values.

  3. 03

    Locate

    Located in The Milky Way.

  4. 04

    Connect

    12 graph relations shape the knowledge viewport.

Object type
Black hole
Graph relations
12
Verified sources
2
Image records
2
Domain
Scientific connections
Status
Graph entity

Scientific map

Atlas context

Sagittarius A*coordinate fields shown only when available
  • Located in

    The Milky Way

  • Studied by

    Chandra X-ray Observatory

  • Scientifically related to

    M87*

  • Related to

    The Milky Way's Central Black Hole

Original SVG diagram

Compact-object anatomy

Compact-object contextEvent horizon boundaryAccretion structureRelativistic environmentBlack hole
Object class
Black hole
Graph relations
12
Evidence sources
2
Image records
2
Black HoleBondi AccretionChandra X-ray Obs...Gravitational Red...M87*Sagittarius A* — ...Supermassive Blac...The Event HorizonThe Galactic Cent...The History of Bl...The Milky WayThe Milky Way's C...Sagittarius A*Black hole

Visual knowledge graph

Relationships, not isolated facts

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Image provenance

Photography as evidence

2 cleared visual records

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Observation

How this was captured

Source
WIKIMEDIA

Data

Scientific data & provenance

Data & provenance

Stable ID
black_hole:sagittarius-a-star
Type
Black hole
Domain
Scientific connections
Relationships
12
Graph version
1.0.0

Open data

In the graph export: graph.json · graph.jsonld

Planned API: GET /api/v0/entities/black_hole:sagittarius-a-star

Scientific quality

Complete
Reviewed2 sourcesv1.0.0

6 of 6 applicable dimensions complete

Description
Complete
Source coverage
Complete
Relationship coverage
Complete
Review coverage
Complete
Citation coverage
Complete
Image coverage
Complete
Timeline coverage
Not applicable

Scientific entity. Dimensions that cannot apply to this object are excluded rather than counted as gaps. See the evidence framework and authority dashboard.

Provenance & sources

review 2026.1

Asteria Scientific Review Process · verification: sourced · accurate

  • High evidenceconfirmed

    Sagittarius A* is the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way, with a mass of about 4 million solar masses inferred from the orbits of nearby stars (2020 Nobel Prize in Physics).

    Source: European Southern Observatory

Reviewed by the internal Asteria Scientific Review Process — not an external institutional review. See the evidence framework and authority dashboard.

Scientific citations

3

Real, source-backed references — primary papers first, then datasets and institutional sources. Formatted through the citation engine; nothing is fabricated.

  • Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration · The Astrophysical Journal Letters 930, L12 · 2022

    Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration · doi:10.3847/2041-8213/ac6674

    Cite (APA / BibTeX)
    Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration (2022). First Sagittarius A* Event Horizon Telescope Results. I.. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 930, L12. Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ac6674
    
    @misc{cite:eht-sgra-2022,
      title        = {First Sagittarius A* Event Horizon Telescope Results. I.},
      author       = {Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration},
      organization = {Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration},
      howpublished = {The Astrophysical Journal Letters 930, L12},
      year         = {2022},
      doi          = {10.3847/2041-8213/ac6674},
      url          = {https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ac6674},
      note         = {First image of the Milky Way's central black hole, Sagittarius A*.}
    }
  • European Southern Observatory

    Cite (APA / BibTeX)
    European Southern Observatory (n.d.). The Galactic Centre black hole — ESO. European Southern Observatory. https://www.eso.org/
    
    @misc{cite:eso-sagittarius-a-star,
      title        = {The Galactic Centre black hole — ESO},
      organization = {European Southern Observatory},
      year         = {n.d.},
      url          = {https://www.eso.org/},
      note         = {Stellar-orbit monitoring of Sagittarius A* (2020 Nobel Prize).}
    }
  • 2020

    The Nobel Prize

    Cite (APA / BibTeX)
    The Nobel Prize (2020). The Nobel Prize in Physics 2020. The Nobel Prize. https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2020/
    
    @misc{cite:nobel-physics-2020,
      title        = {The Nobel Prize in Physics 2020},
      organization = {The Nobel Prize},
      year         = {2020},
      url          = {https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2020/},
      note         = {Penrose; Genzel & Ghez (supermassive compact object at the Galactic centre).}
    }

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Sources & references

The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.

  • NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration

    Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.

    Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.

  • ESAEuropean Space Agency

    European missions, observatories, and space science imagery.