Massive Black Holes In Galaxies NGC 3377, NGC 3379 And NGC 4486b
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)
About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo9701a |
| Type: | Collage |
| Release date: | 13 January 1997, 15:30 |
| Size: | 2117 x 2062 px |
About the Object
Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
| Optical | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
