9.3. A massive BH in the edge-on E/S0 galaxy NGC 4342
- 1 January 1998
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Symposium - International Astronomical Union
- Vol. 184, 387-388
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0074180900085302
Abstract
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.Keywords
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