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Measuring Black Hole Masses Using Ionized Gas Kinematics
Aaron J. Barth, Marc Sarzi, Luis C. Ho +5
We describe techniques for measuring the central masses of galaxies using emission-line kinematics observed with the Hubble Space Telescope. For accurate results, it is necessary t…
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The Central Regions of Early-Type Galaxies Hosting Active Galactic Nuclei as Viewed with HST/NICMOS
Swara Ravindranath, Luis C. Ho, Chien Y. Peng +2
We present preliminary results from surface photometry of a sample of early-type galaxies observed with NICMOS on board HST in the F160W (H-band) filter. Dust is found to occur mos…