Virgo

Overview

Virgo is a European gravitational-wave detector near Pisa, Italy, that observes together with LIGO to localise sources on the sky.

Observing bands

Knowledge connections

• ObservesGravitational waves
• ObservesMulti-messenger astronomy
• MeasuresGravitational Waves
• MeasuresStellar-Mass Black Hole
• Associated withGEO600
• Associated withEinstein Telescope

Sources

The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.

• ESAEuropean Space Agency

  European missions, observatories, and space science imagery.