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Massive Black Holes In Galaxies NGC 3377, NGC 3379 And NGC 4486b

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The three galaxies above are believed to contain central, supermassive black holes. The galaxy NGC 4486B (lower-left) shows a double nucleus (lower-right). The images of NGC 3377 and NGC 4486B are 2.7 arcseconds on a side, and for NGC 3379 the size is 5.4 arcseconds; the lower-right is a blow-up of the central 0.5 arcseconds of NGC 4486B.

Credit: Karl Gebhardt (University of Michigan) and Tod Lauer (NOAO)

 

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Press Release
Id:opo9701a
Object:NGC 3377, NGC 3379, M 105, Messier 105, NGC 4486B
Type:Quasar/AGN/Black Hole, Cosmology
Instru-ment:WFPC2
Width:2117
Height:2062

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