A dust component 2 kpc above the plane in NGC 891

Details A dust component 2 kpc above the plane in NGC 891 A dust component 2 kpc above the plane in NGC 891

2007-06-15

arxiv.org/abs/0706.2275v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

A&A in press. 5 pages, 3 figures

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20077951

The halo of NGC 891 has been the subject of studies for more than a decade. One of its most striking features is the large asymmetry in H$\alpha$ emission. In this letter, we will take a quantitative look at this asymmetry at different wavelengths for the first time. We suggest that NGC 891 is intrinsically almost symmetric and the large asymmetry in H$\alpha$ emission is mostly due to dust attenuation. We will quantify the additional optical depth needed to cause the observed asymmetry in this model. By comparing large strips on the North East side of the galaxy with strips covering the same area in the South West we can quantify and analyze the asymmetry in the different wavelengths. From the 24 $\mu$m emission we find that the intrinsic asymmetry in star formation in NGC 891 is small i.e., $\sim 30%$. The additional asymmetry in H$\alpha$ is modeled as additional symmetric dust attenuation which extends up to $\sim$ 40\arcsec (1.9 kpc) above the plane of the galaxy with a mid-plane value of $\tau$=0.8 and a scale height of 0.5 kpc

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