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A few days ago someone posted a time lapse video of the aurora from MT (I think). Guy was a professional photographer, so the quality of excellent. I can't seem to locate it now, but if you get a chance to watch it, it's worth it. [Reply]
NG 1277 is a supermassive black hole that weighs ~17 billion times the mass of the Sun (plus or minus 3 billion solar masses). That kind of mass is just completely unfathomable. The size and the amount of gravity involved at this location is straight up on levels that are incapable of the human mind to even comprehend.