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The Nuclear Disk in the Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy NGC 4486A
John Kormendy, Karl Gebhardt, F. Duccio Macchetto +1
Many ellipticals contain nuclear disks of dust and gas. Some ellipticals contain nuclear disks of stars that are distinct from the rest of the galaxy. We show that the dwarf E2 gal…
The Elusive Active Nucleus of NGC 4945
A. Marconi, E. Oliva, P. P. van der Werf +4
We present new HST NICMOS observations of NGC 4945, a starburst galaxy hosting a highly obscured active nucleus that is one of the brightest extragalactic sources at 100 keV. The H…
Supermassive Black Holes and Galaxy Morphology
F. Duccio Macchetto
This review addresses one of the important topics of current astrophysical research, namely the role that supermassive black holes play in shaping the morphology of their host gala…
HST Snapshot Survey of 3CR Quasars: The Data
Matthew D. Lehnert, George K. Miley, William B. Sparks +6
We present images taken with the Wide Field Planetary Camera (WFPC-2) on the Hubble Space Telescope of 43 quasars selected from the 3CR radio catalog. The redshift range of the tar…