File:Massive Black Holes in Galaxies NGC 3377, NGC 3379 and NGC 4486b (1997-01-465).jpg

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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.

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English: 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.
Date 13 January 1997, 14:30:00 (upload date)
Source Massive Black Holes in Galaxies NGC 3377, NGC 3379 and NGC 4486b
Author Credit: Karl Gebhardt (University of Michigan), Tod Lauer (NOAO), and NASA
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