The Circumnuclear Ring of Ionized Gas in NGC3593

Details The Circumnuclear Ring of Ionized Gas in NGC3593 The Circumnuclear Ring of Ionized Gas in NGC3593

1998-06-04

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9806066v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Accepted for pubblication in Astronomy and Astrophysics; one latex file (corsini.tex), and 2 encapsulated postscript figures

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We present the results of narrow-band Halpha+NII imaging of the early-type spiral NGC3593 in combination with a study of the flux radial profiles of the NII (lambda: 654.80, 658.34 nm), Halpha, and SII (lambda: 671.65, 673.08 nm) emission lines along its major axis. The galaxy is known to contain two counterrotating stellar discs of different size and luminosity. We find that the Halpha emission mainly derives from a small central region of 57 arcsec x 25 arcsec. It consists of a filamentary pattern with a central ring. This has a diameter of about 17 arcsec (~ 0.6/h kpc) and it contributes about half of the total Halpha flux. The ring is interpreted as the result of the interaction between the acquired retrograde gas which later formed the smaller counterrotating stellar disc and the pre-existing prograde gas of the galaxy.

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