Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-04-29
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
12 pages, 11 figures
Scientific paper
We perform UBR imaging and optical spectroscopy of the interacting galaxy pair Arp 104, at z=0.0098. This consists of NGC5218, a disturbed Sb barred spiral with an inclined outer shell, the round spheroidal NGC5216, a connecting bridge of length 50 kpc and a curved plume. Neither galaxy shows emission lines. NGC5218 has strong Balmer lines and appears to have undergone a major starburst some 0.2 Gyr ago, triggered by the last close passage of the two galaxies. The galaxy is very red in its centre, suggesting it is dusty, but its outer regions, and the bridge connecting the two galaxies, have the blue colours of 0.2-0.4 Gyr old stars. NGC5216 lacks strong Balmer lines but outside its centre is blue in U-B, suggesting it experienced a star-formation episode only about 40 Myr ago. This could have been fuelled by gas from NGC5218, transfered through the bridge. The bridge passes through NGC5216 to emerge as a plume extending 14 kpc to the SW. The plume, from its colours, is very young and may be a site of ongoing star-formation or the formation of a tidal dwarf galaxy.
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