Kinematic and Photometric Evidence for a Bar in NGC 2683

Autor: de Naray, Rachel Kuzio, Zagursky, Matthew J., McGaugh, Stacy S.
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Astron.J. 138 (2009) 1082-1089
Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1088/0004-6256/138/4/1082
Popis: We present optical long-slit and SparsePak Integral Field Unit emission line spectroscopy along with optical broadband and near IR images of the edge-on spiral galaxy NGC 2683. We find a multi-valued, figure-of-eight velocity structure in the inner 45 arcsec of the long-slit spectrum and twisted isovelocity contours in the velocity field. We also find, regardless of wavelength, that the galaxy isophotes are boxy. We argue that taken together, these kinematic and photometric features are evidence for the presence of a bar in NGC 2683. We use our data to constrain the orientation and strength of the bar.
Comment: Accepted for publication in AJ; 10 pages, 8 figures
Databáze: arXiv