Dust in the Wheel: The Cartwheel Galaxy in the Mid-IR

Details Dust in the Wheel: The Cartwheel Galaxy in the Mid-IR Dust in the Wheel: The Cartwheel Galaxy in the Mid-IR

1998-10-19

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9810276v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics Main Journal, 6 pages + 1 EPS figure

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We present mid-infrared images at $6.7 \mu m$ and $15 \mu m$ of ``The Cartwheel'' (AM~0035-33), the prototypical collisional ring galaxy. The observations, taken with ISOCAM, reveal the distribution of hot dust in the galaxy and its two companions in the north-east. The intensity of the mid-IR emission from the outer star forming ring of the Cartwheel shows considerable azimuthal variation and peaks at the most active H$\alpha$ region of the ring. The 15 $\mu m$ to 6.7 $\mu m$ flux ratio of 5.2 is the highest among all the galaxies of our sample. A surprising result of our observations is the discovery of significant emission from the inner regions of the galaxy, including the inner ring, spokes and nucleus, where previously only low level H$\alpha$ emission had been reported. At 6.7 $\mu m$, this emission is stronger than the one from the outer star forming ring, and at 15 $\mu m$, it represents 40% of the emission from the outer ring. The H$\alpha$ to mid-IR flux ratios from the inner regions are consistent with the heating of grains from weak star formation activity.

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