Nuclear molecular gas bar perpendicular to the stellar bar in NGC 3351

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Globular Clusters, Interstellar Gas, Molecular Gases, Novae, Spiral Galaxies, Carbon Monoxide, H Ii Regions, Ionized Gases, Star Formation

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New interferometric observations of the molecular gas within the early type barred spiral galaxy NGC 3351 (M95) have revealed a nuclear molecular gas bar about 1 kpc long, that is aligned perpendicular to the large scale stellar bar. The mass of gas associated with the nuclear molecular gas bar is about 1.8 x 10 exp 8 solar masses representing about 25 percent of the total molecular gas mass. NGC 3351 is associated with other distinguishing morphological characteristics including a nuclear ring of H II regions, which brought NGC 3351 early notoriety as a 'hotspot nucleus', and a much larger ring of H II regions that encircles the stellar bar. Collectively, the distinctive morphology of the neutral and ionized medium within NGC 3351 can be understood in terms of resonances associated with a stellar bar pattern rotating at an angular velocity of about 60 km/s kpc.

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