The mini-active galactic nucleus at the center of the elliptical galaxy NGC 4552 with hubble space telescope

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 519, Issue 1 PART 1, 1999, Pages 117-133

  Cappellari, Michele ^a,b   Renzini, Alvio ^b   Gregoio, Laura ^c,d   Di Serego Alighieri, Sperello ^e,f   Buson, Lucio M ^g   Burstein, David ^h   Bertola, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (Italy)

^f Centro Galileo Galilei   (Spain)

^g Osservatorio di Capodimonte   (Italy)

^h ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black hole physics; Galaxies: elliptical and lenticular, cD; Galaxies: individual (NGC 4552); Galaxies: nuclei

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033159957     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/307342     Document Type: Article

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