Distribution of extinction and star formation in NGC1569

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2006-03-23

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0603646v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

4 pages, presented at the Spitzer Conference Infrared Diagnostics of Galaxy Evolution, 14-16 November 2005

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20054607

We investigate the distribution of the intrinsic extinction in NGC1569 using an extinction map derived from the H_alpha/H_beta emission line ratio. We compare the extinction distribution to that of the dust emission traced by SPITZER IRAC(8microns) and MIPS (24microns) maps. The intrinsic extinction shows spatial variations, from zones with negligible extinction to zones with values up to A(V)=0.8mag. We find an extinction shell and establish a relation between this shell and the interstellar expanding structure produced by the stellar winds comig from the Super Star Cluster (SSCs) A and B in the center of the galaxy. We suggest that the extinction shell has been produced by the accumulation of dust at the border of the shell. Although we find a good spatial correlation between the Balmer extinction and infrared emission, there is a spatial displacement between the 8microns and 24microns maxima and the maximum in Balmer extinction which needs further investigation.

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