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astro-ph.EP2010★ 2 cited
A College-Level Inquiry-Based Laboratory Activity on Transiting Planets
Nicholas J. McConnell, Anne M. Medling, Linda E. Strubbe +5
We have designed an inquiry-based laboratory activity on transiting extrasolar planets for an introductory college-level astronomy class. The activity was designed with the intent…
astro-ph.CO2010★ 42 cited
The Black Hole Mass in Brightest Cluster Galaxy NGC 6086
Nicholas J. McConnell, Chung-Pei Ma, James R. Graham +4
We present the first direct measurement of the central black hole mass, M_BH, in NGC 6086, the Brightest Cluster Galaxy (BCG) in Abell 2162. Our investigation demonstrates for the…