The twisting x-ray isophotes of the elliptical galaxy NGC 720

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 468, Issue 1 PART I, 1996, Pages 184-190

  Buote, David A ^a   Canizares, Claude R ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Galaxies: individual (NGC 720) ; Galaxies: photometry ; Galaxies: structure ; X rays: galaxies

Indexed keywords

EID: 21444457930     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/177680     Document Type: Article

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