ROSAT HRI Observations of NGC 2276 and NGC 1961

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Results from the analysis of the NGC 2276 and NGC 1961 ROSAT HRI will be presented. For NGC 2276, a spiral with disk diameter about 2 arcmin, the HRI data show that the strong star-forming knots on the western, truncated side of the disk are also strong X-ray sources. Furthermore, diffuse disk emission is detected as well, this is by far most distant spiral in which this component has been measured. The diffuse disk emission accounts for ~ 2.1x10(41) erg s(-1) out of the galaxy's total of ~ 3.5x10(41) erg s(-1) in the HRI X-ray band. This luminosity is not unusual for bright spirals, but the long exposure of this observation allows its detection at an unusual distance. NGC 1961 is a spiral galaxy which also shows distorted optical morphology similar to that seen in NGC 2276. The HRI image is clearly extended, with diffuse emission from the disk but no bright X-ray emission from the brightest star-forming regions (in contrast to the structure of NGC 2276). Cross-correlation of the X-ray image with data from the radio continuum, optical continuum, and Hα , to isolate the contributions related to recent star formation as traced in these bands, and a search for any link required to influences of the surrounding IGM will also be presented.

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