The remarkable infrared galaxy ARP 220 = IC 4553

Details The remarkable infrared galaxy ARP 220 = IC 4553 The remarkable infrared galaxy ARP 220 = IC 4553

Aug 1984

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Astrophysical Journal, Part 2 - Letters to the Editor (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 283, Aug. 1, 1984, p. L1-L4. NASA-supported researc

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Astronomical Photometry, Galaxies, Infrared Astronomy, Peculiar Galaxies, Emission Spectra, Infrared Astronomy Satellite, Luminosity, Seyfert Galaxies, Sky Surveys (Astronomy), Starburst Galaxies

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IRAS observations of the peculiar galaxy Arp 220 = IC 4553 show that it is extremely luminous in the far-infrared, with a total luminosity of 2 x 10 to the 12th solar luminosities. The infrared-to-blue luminosity ratio of this galaxy is about 80, which is the largest value of the ratio for galaxies in the UGC catalog, and places it in the range of the 'unidentified' infrared sources recently reported by Houck et al. in the IRAS all-sky survey. Other observations of Arp 220, combined with the luminosity in the infrared, allow either a Seyfert-like or starburst origin for this luminosity.

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