The Extraordinary `Superthin' Spiral Galaxy UGC7321. I. Disk Color Gradients and Global Properties from Multiwavelength Observations

Details The Extraordinary `Superthin' Spiral Galaxy UGC7321. I. Disk Color Gradients and Global Properties from Multiwavelength Observations The Extraordinary `Superthin' Spiral Galaxy UGC7321. I. Disk Color Gradients and Global Properties from Multiwavelength Observations

1999-09-08

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9909142v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Accepted to the Astronomical Journal; 28 pages, 1 table and 21 figures (GIF and postscript)

Scientific paper

10.1086/301128

We present B- and R-band imaging and photometry, H-alpha narrow-band imaging, NIR H-band imaging, and HI 21-cm spectroscopy of the nearby Sd spiral galaxy UGC7321. UGC7321 exhibits a remarkably thin stellar disk with no bulge component. The galaxy has a very diffuse, low surface brightness disk, which appears to suffer little internal extinction in spite of its edge-on geometry. The UGC7321 disk shows significant B-R color gradients in both the radial and vertical directions. These color gradients cannot be explained solely by dust and are indicative of changes in the mix of stellar ages and/or metallicity as a function of both radius and height above the galaxy plane. The outer regions of the UGC7321 disk are too blue to be explained by low metallicity alone (B-R<0.6), and must be relatively young. However, the galaxy also contains stellar populations with B-R>1.1, indicating it is not a young or recently-formed galaxy. The disk of UGC7321 is not a simple exponential, but exhibits a light excess at small radii, as well as distinct surface brightness zones. Together the properties of UGC7321 imply that it is an under-evolved galaxy in both a dynamical and in a star-formation sense. (Abridged)

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