Hunting For Our Second Closest Supermassive Black Hole

Leo I is a dwarf spheroidal galaxy in the constellation Leo. At about 820,000 light-years distant, it is a member of the Local Group of galaxies and is thought to be one of the most distant satellites of the Milky Way galaxy. It was discovered in 1950 by Albert George Wilson on photographic plates of the National Geographic Society – Palomar Observatory Sky Survey, which were taken with the 48-inch Schmidt camera at Palomar Observatory.

Astronomers are exploring a way to observe what could be the second-closest supermassive black hole to Earth. It lies at the center of Leo I dwarf galaxy and is known as Leo I*.

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