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9.3. A massive BH in the edge-on E/S0 galaxy NGC 4342

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

Frank C. van den Bosch  and
Nicolas Cretton
Frank C. van den Bosch
Affiliation:
University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Nicolas Cretton
Affiliation:
Leiden Observatory, P.O. Box 9513, Leiden, The Netherlands

Abstract

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We present evidence that the edge-on E/S0 galaxy NGC 4342 harbours a massive BH of ~ 3.0 × 108M⊙. The evidence is based on a comparison of fully general three-integral models with both ground-based and HST/FOS kinematics.

Type
Part III. Black Holes and Central Activity
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 184: The Central Regions of the Galaxy and Galaxies , 1998 , pp. 387 - 388
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1998 

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