Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1998-05-26
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
8 pages LATEX and 7 postscript figures, accepted to Astronomy and Astrophysics
Scientific paper
The results of a spectroscopic and photometric investigation of the central region of M 31 are presented. An analysis of absorption-index radial profiles involving magnesium, calcium, and iron lines has shown that the unresolved nucleus of M 31 is distinct by its increased metallicity; unexpectedly, among two nuclei of M 31, it is the faintest one located exactly in the dynamical center of the galaxy (and dynamically decoupled) which is chemically distinct. The Balmer absorption line H-beta has been included into the analysis to disentangle metallicity and age effects; an age difference by a factor 3 is detected between stellar populations of the nucleus and of the bulge, the nucleus being younger. The morphological analysis of CCD images has revealed the presence of a nuclear stellar-gaseous disk with a radius of some 100 pc, the gas component of which looks non-stationary, well inside the bulge of M 31.
Burenkov Alexander N.
Sil'chenko Olga K.
Vlasyuk V. V.
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