M82 X-1 is an ultra-luminous X-ray source located in the galaxy M82.
It is a candidate intermediate-mass black hole, with the exact mass estimate varying from around 100 to 1000 solar masses.
[1][2][3] One of the most luminous ULXs ever known, its luminosity exceeds the Eddington limit for a stellar mass object.
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