Nuclear infrared emission and the colors of IRAS galaxies

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Flux Density, Galactic Nuclei, Infrared Radiation, Irregular Galaxies, Stellar Color, Stellar Temperature, Active Galaxies, Astronomical Photometry, Infrared Astronomy Satellite, Red Shift, Spectral Energy Distribution, Spectrum Analysis, Star Formation, Stellar Luminosity

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J, H, K, L', and N observations of galaxies detected at 12 microns by IRAS are combined with IRAS flux densities to investigate the relationship between the infrared sizes and colors of galaxian infrared sources. It is found that typical IRAS galaxies have 10 micron radii of 0.5 to 2.0 kpc, while active galaxies and galaxies with higher 25 to 60 micron color temperatures are smaller. One unusal object, 23060+0505, is at high redshift and has an infrared luminosity of 1.5 x 10 to the 12th power L0. Its 1 to 100 micron energy distribution resembles that of a Seyfert 1 galaxy, but it shows very little sign of broad line emission in the visible. Its properties suggest that it may be a prototype for a class of highly obscured active galaxy.

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