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NGC1600 -群集还是字段椭圆?

NGC1600 - Cluster or Field Elliptical?

Rodney M. Smith, Vicent J. Martinez, Alberto Fernandez-Soto, Fernando J. Ballesteros, Amelia Ortiz-Gil

摘要:

对椭圆星系NGC 1600场中的星系分布进行了研究。虽然这个星系通常被归类为松散星系群的一员,但所有邻近的星系都要暗淡得多,可以被视为NGC 1600的卫星。在这个星系的领域中的星系的数量密度分布图显示了半径的下降,在大约1.3 Mpc的背景证据。密度和数密度分布与其他孤立的早型星系一致。NGC 1600在X射线中表现为一个扩展源,X射线发射的中心似乎与星系的中心不一致。通过光学光谱观测测量了邻近星系的速度分布,结果表明平均径向速度比NGC 1600小约85 km/s,这表明质心可能位于星系之外。“群”的速度分散度估计为429公里/秒。因此,推断出系统的质量约为10^14太阳质量,这个值对应于一个大的星系群。因此,NGC 1600与X射线探测中发现的“化石群”有一些相似之处,但并不完全相同。这一结果的孤立的早型星系的研究的影响进行了简要的讨论。

英文摘要:

A study of the galaxy distribution in the field of the elliptical galaxy NGC1600 has been undertaken. Although this galaxy is often classified as a member of a loose group, all the neighbouring galaxies are much fainter and could be taken as satellites of NGC1600. The number density profile of galaxies in the field of this galaxy shows a decline with radius, with evidence of a background at approximately 1.3 Mpc. The density and number density profile are consistent with that found for other isolated early-type galaxies. NGC1600 appears as an extended source in X-rays, and the center of the X-ray emission seems not to coincide with the center of the galaxy. The velocity distribution of neighbouring galaxies has been measured from optical spectroscopic observations and shows that the mean radial velocity is approximately 85 km/s less than that of NGC1600, indicating that the centre of mass could lie outside the galaxy. The velocity dispersion of the `group' is estimated at 429 km/s. The inferred mass of the system is therefore of the order of 10^14 solar masses, a value that corresponds to a large group. NGC1600 therefore shares some similarities, but is not identical to, the `fossil clusters' detected in X-ray surveys. Implications of this result for studies of isolated early-type galaxies are briefly discussed.

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