Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1994-12-09
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
12 pages plus 2 tables (AAS LaTeX macro v3.0), 4 figures not included. To appear in the AJ
Scientific paper
10.1086/117374
We report the serendipitous discovery of a large HI cloud with an associated HI mass of $6(\pm1.5)\times 10^9 h^{-2}$ M$_\odot$ and a heliocentric velocity 8800 \kms, located near the periphery of the cluster of galaxies Abell 2634. Its velocity field appears to be very quiescent, as no gradients in the peak velocity are seen over its extent of 143$ h^{-1}$ by 103$ h^{-1}$ kpc. The distribution of gas is poorly resolved spatially, and it is thus difficult at this time to ascertain the nature of the cloud. At least two relatively small, actively star--forming galaxies appear to be embedded in the HI gas, which may (a) be an extended gaseous envelope surrounding one or both galaxies, (b) have been spread over a large region by a severe episode of tidal disruption or (c) have been affected by the ram pressure resulting from its motion through the intracluster gas of A2634.
Arce Hector
Giovanelli Riccardo
Haynes Martha P.
Sakai Shoko
Scodeggio Marco
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