Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1995-08-17
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
4 pages of uuencoded compressed postscript, figures included. Accepted for publication in MNRAS
Scientific paper
Using a spectrum obtained under moderate (of order 1 arcsecond) seeing, we show that the double nucleus in M31 produces a strong kinematic signature even though the individual components are not spatially resolved. The signature consists of a significant asymmetric wing in the stellar velocity distribution close to the center of the system. The properties of the second nucleus derived from this analysis agree closely with those measured from high-spatial resolution Hubble Space Telescope images. Even Space Telescope only has sufficient resolution to study the structure of very nearby galactic nuclei photometrically; this spectroscopic approach offers a tool for detecting structure such as multiple nuclei in a wider sample of galaxy cores.
Gerssen Joris
Kuijken Koen
Merrifield Michael R.
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