Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Oct 2006
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006aj....132.1581d&link_type=abstract
The Astronomical Journal, Volume 132, Issue 4, pp. 1581-1592.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Galaxies: Clusters: Individual (Leo Triplet), Galaxies: Evolution, Galaxies: Interactions, Galaxies: Photometry, Galaxies: Stellar Content
Scientific paper
This paper studies the nearby interacting group the Leo Triplet using multicolor photometry data obtained with the National Astronomical Observatories of China 60 cm/90 cm Schmidt telescope. The observation covers the entire area of the three galaxies (NGC 3623, NGC 3627, and NGC 3628), and spectral energy distributions (SEDs) of each galaxy are obtained. By comparing the observed SEDs of each part of the galaxies with the theoretical ones generated by instantaneous burst evolutionary synthesis models with different metallicities (Z=0.0001, 0.008, 0.02, and 0.05), two-dimensional relative age distribution maps of the three galaxies were obtained. NGC 3623 exhibits a very weak age gradient from the bulge to the disk. This gradient is absent in NGC 3627. The ages of the dominant stellar populations of NGC 3627 and NGC 3628 are consistent, and this consistency is model independent (0.5-0.6 Gyr, Z=0.02), but the ages of NGC 3623 are systematically older (0.7-0.9 Gyr, Z=0.02). The results indicate that NGC 3627 and NGC 3628 have undergone synchronous evolution and that the interaction has likely triggered starbursts in both galaxies. For NGC 3623, however, the weak age gradient may indicate recent star formation in its bulge, which has caused its color to turn blue. Evidence is found for a potential bar existing in the bulge of NGC 3623, and my results support the view that NGC 3623 does interact with NGC 3627 and NGC 3628.
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