Recent observations concerning the morphology of the galaxy NGC 2997 and its hot spots

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Galactic Structure, H Alpha Line, Spiral Galaxies, Stellar Luminosity, Astronomical Catalogs, Galactic Nuclei, H Ii Regions, Hydrogen Ions, Telescopes

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Recent observations with the 3.60-m ESO telescope show that the hot spots surrounding the nucleus of NGC 2997 appear as a ring in H-alpha light. The galaxy is found to be inclined 45 deg with respect to the plane of the sky; this can be interpreted as the elliptical H II tore in the plane of NGC 2997 of strong eccentricity, or an H II bubble. The hot spots have a brightness similar to the brightest stellar associations and H II regions of the spiral arms, and about ten times the brightness of the conventional chains of H II regions defining the arms.

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