Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Sep 1991
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991a%26a...249...57k&link_type=abstract
Astronomy and Astrophysics (ISSN 0004-6361), vol. 249, no. 1, Sept. 1991, p. 57-64.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Active Galactic Nuclei, Active Galaxies, Infrared Sources (Astronomy), Interacting Galaxies, Irregular Galaxies, Seyfert Galaxies, Elliptical Galaxies, Far Infrared Radiation, Sky Surveys (Astronomy)
Scientific paper
The galaxy AN 0248 + 43, which seems to be compact on the Palomar Sky Survey, appears as a double nucleus system on CCD-images. The projected spatial separation of the two nuclei amounts to 3.8 arcsec corresponding to 3.8 kpc assuming a galaxy distance of 205 Mpc. From direct imaging and optical spectra the physical properties of this system are derived, showing that a spiral and an elliptical galaxy are in the merging process. This double nucleus galaxy is one of the very rare systems where both nuclei show nonthermal characteristics. The object is also a very strong FIR-source. The observed extreme excess of cold dust shows this system to be a unique object in the study of Seyfert and starburst properties.
Borgeest Ulf
Dietrich Matthew
Kollatschny Wolfram
Schramm K.-J.
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