Abstract
The detection of X-ray emission from Mrk 180, an elliptical galaxy which has a BL Lac object embedded in its core is reported. The X-ray observations were made by the Einstein and HEAO 1 satellites. In addition, new multiaperture UBVR photometric observations are presented which were used to separate the nonthermal optical emission from the galactic emission. Analysis of the Einstein data suggests that the continuous X-ray spectrum of Mrk 180 is a power law with an energy spectral index of -1.3. The deconvolution of the optical magnitudes is consistent with a nonthermal source having a spectral index of -1.2. The continuous spectrum of Mrk 180 is steep from the X-ray to the optical and flattens out in the radio.
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