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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-ri...
- Date
- Jan 1, 1997
- Mission
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Archive ID
- hubblesite-images-1997-01-465-image
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.
Credits
Credit: Karl Gebhardt (University of Michigan), Tod Lauer (NOAO), and NASAImage Details
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | NGC 3377, NGC 3379, NGC 4486b |
| R.A. Position | 10h 47m 42.36s |
| Dec. Position | 13° 59' 8.8" |
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