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Old 07-12-2009, 07:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Robh View Post
Les. Very interesting.

There is also speculation that both omega Centauri and M54 have a central intermediate-mass black hole. Does this lend more support to the theory they may have been the cores of a dwarf galaxy?

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Yes it does. They suspect that most "normal" globulars haven't had sufficient time, and in most cases sufficient mass, to have formed an intermediate mass black hole in their cores.
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