Uncovering the nucleus candidate for NGC 253

DIAZ, R.; GUNTHARDT, G.; AGÜERO, M.; CAMPERI, J.; GÓMEZ, P.; BOSCH, G.; SCHIRMER, M.

Honolulu

Congreso; IAU General Assembly, Meeting #29; 2015

American Astronomical Society

NGC 253 is the nearest spiral galaxy with a nuclear starburst, which becomes the best candidate to study the relationship between starburst and AGN activity. However, this central region is veiled by large amounts of dust, and it has been so far unclear which is the true dynamical nucleus to the point that there is no strong evidence that the galaxy harbors a supermassive black hole co-evolving with the starburst as was supposed earlier. Here we present NIR spectroscopy and imaging, plus MIR imaging, which shed light on the true nucleus identity.