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Searching for the Supermassive Black Hole in NGC 1265 (3C 83.1B)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 June 2010

Alessandra Beifiori ,
Marc Sarzi ,
Roger L. Davies ,
Michele Cappellari  and
Ryan C. W. Houghton
Alessandra Beifiori
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Astronomia, Università di Padova, vicolo dell'Osservatorio 3, I-35122 Padova, Italy Email: alessandra.beifiori@unipd.it
Marc Sarzi
Affiliation:
Centre for Astrophysics Research, University of Hertfordshire, College Lane, Hatfield AL10 9AB, UK Email: m.sarzi@herts.ac.uk
Roger L. Davies
Affiliation:
Sub-Department of Astrophysics, University of Oxford, Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK Email: rld@astro.ox.ac.uk, cappellari@astro.ox.ac.uk, rcwh@astro.ox.ac.uk
Michele Cappellari
Affiliation:
Sub-Department of Astrophysics, University of Oxford, Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK Email: rld@astro.ox.ac.uk, cappellari@astro.ox.ac.uk, rcwh@astro.ox.ac.uk
Ryan C. W. Houghton
Affiliation:
Sub-Department of Astrophysics, University of Oxford, Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, UK Email: rld@astro.ox.ac.uk, cappellari@astro.ox.ac.uk, rcwh@astro.ox.ac.uk
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We present K-band adaptive-optics assisted spectroscopic observations of the central region of the archetype head-tail radio galaxy NGC 1265 (3C 83.1), with the aim of constraining the mass of the supermassive black hole (MBH). The near-infrared data taken with the Altair–NIRI system on the Gemini North have a spatial resolution of FWHM = 0.”11 (39 pc, at the galaxy's distance of 73 Mpc).

Keywords

black hole physicsgalaxies: individual (NGC 1265)galaxies: elliptical and lenticularcDgalaxies: kinematics and dynamicsinstrumentation: adaptive optics
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Contributed Papers
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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 5 , Symposium S267: Co-Evolution of Central Black Holes and Galaxies , August 2009 , pp. 195
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2010

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