Shell structure in NGC 5128

Details Shell structure in NGC 5128 Shell structure in NGC 5128

Sep 1983

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Astrophysical Journal, Part 2 - Letters to the Editor (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 272, Sept. 1, 1983, p. L5-L7.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

127

Astronomical Photography, Galactic Structure, Radio Galaxies, Disk Galaxies, Elliptical Galaxies, Galactic Evolution, Image Processing

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Specially processed photographs are presented which show a system of shells within the extended elliptical component of the giant radio galaxy NGC 5128. The photographic techniques are outlined. The system of shells is interpreted as being the aftermath of a merger with a smaller disk galaxy about 109 yr ago. The authors discuss the possibility that this same event produced the broad dust lane and the associated stars and gas which presently form a rapidly rotating subsystem of the galaxy.

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