Planetary nebulae reveal kinematics of Messier 87 galaxy's outer halo
Monday, October 8, 2018 - 08:20
in Astronomy & Space
Astronomers have carried out a study of almost 300 hundred planetary nebulae in the supergiant elliptical galaxy Messier 87. The new research, published September 27 on the arXiv pre-print repository, reveals essential information about the galaxy's outer halo and its subcomponents.