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Other Views of Galaxy M87 (NGC 4486)

Here are some other Space Telescope press releases on similar subjects:

Previous work by John Biretta on M87:
Superluminal Motion in the M87 Jet
http://www.stsci.edu/ftp/science/m87/m87.html

Announcement of black hole confirmed in M87:
Hubble Confirms Existence of Massive Black Hole at Heart of Active Galaxy
http://hubble.stsci.edu/news_.and._views/pr.cgi?1994+23

Details of M87 jet studied in radio:
Very Long Baseline Array Reveals Formation Region of Giant Cosmic Jet Near a Black Hole http://hubble.stsci.edu/news_.and._views/pr.cgi?1999+43

Another galaxy with a black hole and jet, NGC 4261:
Hubble Finds a New Black Hole and Unexpected New Mysteries
http://hubble.stsci.edu/news_.and._views/pr.cgi?1995+47

Link to the AAO page on Galaxy M87 This is a larger picture of Galaxy M87, courtesy of the Anglo-Australian Observatory.