The two superposed galaxies of NGC 3314

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Astronomical Spectroscopy, Galactic Rotation, Radial Velocity, Spiral Galaxies, Line Of Sight, Luminosity, Velocity Measurement

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Spectroscopic observations of NGC 3314 are presented. Long-slit spectrograms clearly show two sets of emission lines stemming from the two superposed galaxies. The foreground galaxy, NGC 3314a, is a type SBbc or SBc spiral of absolute magnitude MB ≈ -20 and has a radial velocity cz_sun; = 2835±15 km s-1. The background galaxy, NGC 3314b, is probably an Sb of MB ≈ -20.5 with cz_sun; = 4641±6 km s-1. The availabe evidence suggests that at least NGC 3314a, and probably also NGC 3314b, are members of the Hydra I cluster of galaxies (cz_sun; = 3699 km s-1, σv = 681 km s-1), although the alternative hypothesis that one of them or both are field galaxies cannot presently be ruled out.

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