Wavelength-dependent kinematics in the dusty inclined galaxy NGC 2146

Details Wavelength-dependent kinematics in the dusty inclined galaxy NGC 2146 Wavelength-dependent kinematics in the dusty inclined galaxy NGC 2146

Mar 1994

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994apj...423l..35p&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, Part 2 - Letters, vol. 423, no. 1, p. L35-L38

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Astrophysics, Cosmic Dust, Dependence, Extinction, Galaxies, H Alpha Line, Interstellar Matter, Kinematics, Radial Velocity, Star Formation, Wavelengths, Charge Coupled Devices, Data Reduction, Images, Spatial Resolution, Spectroscopic Telescopes

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We present measurements of the apparent rotation curves of the dusty inclined spiral NGC 2146 taken using conventional long-slit spectroscopy in the red and near-infrared. The curve measured in H(alpha) emission shows, with respect to that observed in (S III) lambda9069, a series of dips in velocity which coincide in positions with dips in the intensity of H(alpha), and with the dust lanes evident in broad band images. A more detailed quantitative comparison, including a previously published velocity curve in Br(gamma) (Hutchings et al. 1990), using a schematic model, supports the hypothesis that dust is causing the H(alpha)/(S III) discrepancies and highlights the need to measure rotation curves of inclined galaxies as far into the infrared as techniques permit. The lambda9069 (S III) emission reveals a zone in expansion at 190 pc from the nucleus (previously detected in Br(gamma) but at lower spectral resolution and with consequently limited velocity diagnostics) whose kinematics and energetics are well explained in terms of an expanding 'superbubble' due to a starburst. Finally we suggest, from the invariance of the velocity curve with wavelength at nucleocentric radii greater than approximately 1500 pc that our observations imply very limited observable dust extinction in the outer parts of the disk of NGC 2146.

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