Table 14-1: STELLAR BLACK HOLES IN THE MILKY WAY
X-ray source nameMass* of companionMass* of black hole
Cygnus X-124–4211–21
V404 Cygni~0.610–15
V461 Sgr~105.5–8
GS 2000+25~0.76–14
H 1705-2500.3–0.66.4–6.9
GRO J1655-402.347.02
A 0620-000.2–0.75–10
GS 1124-T680.5–0.84.2–6.5
GRO J042+32~0.36–14
4U 1543-47~2.52.7–7.5
*Solar masses.
R. Blandford and N. Gehrels, “Revisiting the Black Hole,” Physics Today, June 1999.