The mass distribution in the elliptical galaxy NGC 3377: Evidence for a 2 × 108 M⊙ black hole

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1823-1839

  Kormendy, John ^a,b   Bender, Ralf ^b   Evans, Aaron S ^a,c   Richstone, Douglas ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies; Individual (NGC 3377) galaxies; Kinematics and dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002007588     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/300313     Document Type: Article

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