What if there was a black hole in the middle of a nebula?

[Matthew Knowles]

I was wondering, if there was a black hole in the center of a nebula, then would there be a possibility that the nebula would be eaten from the inside out before any stars could be born? It'd be something interesting to observe over time.

 

[newjerseyrunner]

Very possible, large nebulas are often home to some monster stars. Some of which live fast and die young, leaving a black hole in their wake. I'm fairly certain that I once read that there may be several black holes in the Pleiades cluster, which is located in a nebula. The black holes wouldn't eat the nebula any more than a star would though.

 

[Matthew Knowles]

Very possible, large nebulas are often home to some monster stars. Some of which live fast and die young, leaving a black hole in their wake. I'm fairly certain that I once read that there may be several black holes in the Pleiades cluster, which is located in a nebula. The black holes wouldn't eat the nebula any more than a star would though.

Fair enough, I'll have to read up on the Pleiades Cluster, certainly sounds interesting!

 

[|Glitch|]

This paper may also interest you. It suggests that there may be a large black hole (100+ M_⊙) at the center of the Orion Nebula Cluster.

Catch me if you can: is there a runaway-mass black hole in the Orion Nebula Cluster? - arXiv 1209.2114

 

[Matthew Knowles]

This paper may also interest you. It suggests that there may be a large black hole (100+ M_⊙) at the center of the Orion Nebula Cluster.

Catch me if you can: is there a runaway-mass black hole in the Orion Nebula Cluster? - arXiv 1209.2114

Thank you!