XMM-Newton observations of M 87 and its X-ray halo
XMM-Newton observations of M 87 and its X-ray halo
We report performance verification observations of the giant elliptical galaxy M 87 in the Virgo Cluster with the MOS, pn, and optical monitor instruments on board of XMM-Newton. With the energy sensitive imaging instruments MOS and pn we obtain the first spatially constrained X-ray spectra of the nucleus and the …