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The halo of M 87 is an interesting study object for X-ray and radio astronomy. X-ray observations allow to study the hot gaseous environment of M 87 and provide a means to determine the galaxy halo mass. The X-ray halo is actually an indistinguishable part of the intracluster medium of the Virgo cluster, which features a moderate cooling flow focused onto M 87. There is a clear interaction effect between the relativistic plasma in the radio lobes and the thermal intracluster medium, featuring cooling gas in the regions of the lobes.
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Böhringer, H. (1999). The intracluster medium in the X-ray halo of M 87. In: Röser, HJ., Meisenheimer, K. (eds) The Radio Galaxy Messier 87. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 530. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0106422
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