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星系对NGC 6907和6908的HI孔径合成和光学观测

HI aperture synthesis and optical observations of the pair of galaxies NGC 6907 and 6908

S. Scarano, Felipe R. H. Madsen, Nirupam Roy, J. R. D. Lépine

摘要:

NGC 6908是一个位于NGC 6907方向的S0星系,直到最近才被认为是一个独立的星系,而不是NGC 6907的一部分。我们目前的21厘米射电综合观测获得的GMRT和光学图像和光谱与双子座北望远镜这对相互作用的星系。通过射电观测,我们获得了包含NGC 6907/8对的整个区域的速度场和HI柱密度图,并利用Gemini多目标光谱仪获得了这两个星系的高质量测光图像和$5 Å$分辨率光谱。通过比较NGC 6907的相对两侧绕主运动轴的自转曲线,我们能够区分正常的自转速度场和两个星系相互作用产生的速度分量。考虑到NGC 6907的自转速度和NGC 6908的吸收线速度,我们证实了这两个系统之间的相对速度低于60 km/s $^{-1}$。在NGC 6908的方向上观测到的发射线,不是典型的S0星系,具有与NGC 6907旋转曲线相同的速度。其中一些叠加在吸收曲线上,这加强了它们不是在NGC 6908中形成的想法。最后,HI剖面显示了相互作用的细节,显示了三个分量:一个是NGC 6908,另一个是NGC 6907盘中的激发气体,最后一个是NGC 6908后面由于动力学摩擦而留下的相对速度更高的气体,用于估计相互作用开始的时间为$(3.4 \pm 0.6)\times10^7$年前。

英文摘要:

NGC 6908, a S0 galaxy situated in direction of NGC 6907, was only recently recognized as a distinct galaxy, instead of only a part of NGC 6907. We present 21 cm radio synthesis observations obtained with the GMRT and optical images and spectroscopy obtained with the Gemini North telescope of this pair of interacting galaxies. From the radio observations we obtained the velocity field and the HI column density map of the whole region containing the NGC 6907/8 pair, and by means of the Gemini multi-object spectroscopy we obtained high quality photometric images and $5 Å$ resolution spectra sampling the two galaxies. By comparing the rotation curve of NGC 6907 obtained from the two opposite sides around the main kinematic axis, we were able to distinguish the normal rotational velocity field from the velocity components produced by the interaction between the two galaxies. Taking into account the rotational velocity of NGC 6907 and the velocity derived from the absorption lines for NGC 6908, we verified that the relative velocity between these systems is lower than 60 km s$^{-1}$. The emission lines observed in the direction of NGC 6908, not typical of S0 galaxies, have the same velocity expected for the NGC 6907 rotation curve. Some of them, superimposed on the absorption profiles, which reinforces the idea that they were not formed in NGC 6908. Finally, the HI profile exhibits details of the interaction, showing three components: one for NGC 6908, another for the excited gas in the NGC 6907 disk and a last one for the gas with higher relative velocities left behind NGC 6908 by dynamical friction, used to estimate the time when the interaction started in $(3.4 \pm 0.6)\times10^7$ years ago.

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