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Displacement of black hole in M87

Short name: J/ApJ/717/L6 IVOA Identifier: ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/717/L6 DOI (Digital Object Identifier): 10.26093/cds/vizier.17179006 Publisher: CDSivo://CDS[Pub. ID] More Info: https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/ApJ/717/L6 VO Compliance: Level 2: This is a VO-compliant resource.	Status: active Registered: 2012 Jun 25 12:18:08Z
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Isophotal analysis of M87, using data from the Advanced Camera for Surveys, reveals a projected displacement of 6.8+/-0.8pc (~0.1") between the nuclear point source (presumed to be the location of the supermassive black hole, SMBH) and the photo-center of the galaxy. The displacement is along a position angle of 307+/-17{deg} and is consistent with the jet axis. This suggests the active SMBH in M87 does not currently reside at the galaxy center of mass, but is displaced in the counter-jet direction. Possible explanations for the displacement include orbital motion of an SMBH binary, gravitational perturbations due to massive objects (e.g., globular clusters), acceleration by an asymmetric or intrinsically one-sided jet, and gravitational recoil resulting from the coalescence of an SMBH binary.

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Publisher: CDSivo://CDS[Pub. ID]

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Batcheldor D.Robinson A.Axon D.J.Perlman E.S.Merritt D.

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Updated: 2012 Jul 13 16:17:47Z
Created: 2012 Jun 25 12:18:08Z

This resource was registered on: 2012 Jun 25 12:18:08Z
This resource description was last updated on: 2021 Oct 21 00:00:00Z

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Resource type keywords: Catalog	Subject keywords: Active galactic nuclei HST photometry Photometry
Intended audience or use: Research: This resource provides information appropriate for supporting scientific research.
More Info: https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/ApJ/717/L6	Literature Reference: 2010ApJ...717L...6B
Related Resources: Other Related Resources TAP VizieR generic service(IsServedBy) ivo://CDS.VizieR/TAP [Res. ID] B/hst : HST Archived Exposures Catalog (STScI, 2007) ivo://CDS.VizieR/B/hst [Res. ID]

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	Custom Service
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