Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1997-09-27
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
26 pages, 15 figures, LaTeX, uses mn-1.4.sty. Accepted for publication in MNRAS
Scientific paper
10.1046/j.1365-8711.1998.01138.x
We present the results of a new HI, optical, and H-alpha interferometric study of the nearby spiral galaxy NGC 157. Our combined C- and D-array observations with the VLA show a large-scale, ring-like structure in the neutral hydrogen underlying the optical disk, together with an extended, low surface density component going out to nearly twice the Holmberg radius. Beginning just inside the edge of the star-forming disk, the line of nodes in the gas disk commences a 60 degree warp, while at the same time, the rotation velocity drops by almost half its peak value of 200 km/s, before leveling off again in the outer parts. While a flat rotation curve in NGC 157 cannot be ruled out, supportive evidence for an abrupt decline comes from the ionised gas kinematics, the optical surface photometry, and the global HI profile. A standard `maximum-disk' mass model predicts comparable amounts of dark and luminous matter within NGC 157. Alternatively, a model employing a disk truncated at 2 disk scale lengths could equally well account for the unusual form of the rotation curve in NGC 157.
McIntyre Vince
Ryder Stuart D.
Sil'chenko Olga
Walsh Wilfred
Zasov Anatoli V.
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