stellar black hole
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black hole formed by a collapsed star
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- Subclass of
- compact object
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- Category:Stellar black holes
- different from
- quasi-star
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- short name
- SBH
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Encyclopedic overview
Artist's impression of a stellar-mass black hole (left) in the spiral galaxy NGC 300; it is associated with a Wolf–Rayet star A stellar black hole (or stellar-mass black hole) is a black hole formed by the gravitational collapse of a star. They have masses ranging from about 5 to several tens of solar masses. They can be the remnants of supernova explosions, but other formation mechanisms may operate.
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