Messier 87—the Giant Black Mass Galaxy

Presenter Full Name
Dr. William Mathews
Institution
Lick Observatory and the University of California, Santa Cruz
Year & Semester
1980 Spring
Presentation Date
March 24, 1980

Dr. William Mathews of Lick Observatory and the University of California, Santa Cruz will describe optical, radio, and x-ray observations which suggest that this enormous galaxy in Virgo is rapidly devouring hot gas and shooting out jets of relativistic gas from its center, which may contain a huge black hole.