HUBBLE ATLAS
Massive Black Holes in Galaxies NGC 3377, NGC 3379 and NGC 4486b (NGC 3377, NGC 3379, NGC 4486b) — image from the Hubble Space Telescope

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Massive Black Holes in Galaxies NGC 3377, NGC 3379 and NGC 4486b

January 13, 1997 · NASA · NGC 3377, NGC 3379, NGC 4486b

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The three galaxies above are believed to contain central, supermassive black holes. The galaxy NGC 4486B (lower-left) shows a double nucleus (lower-right). The images of NGC 3377 and NGC 4486B are 2.7 arcseconds on a side, and for NGC 3379 the size is 5.4 arcseconds; the lower-right is a blow-up of the central 0.5 arcseconds of NGC 4486B.