International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
Gemini/NIFS image of emission contours
The contours in this image show the flux of the molecular (blue) and ionized (green) emission detected by Gemini/NIFS overlaid on the Hubble Space Telescope image. While the ionized emission is centrally concentrated, the molecular emission extends further to the north and south of the nucleus, suggesting it is part of the massive circumnuclear disk.
