2013ApJ...762L..27H


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2013ApJ...762L..27H - Astrophys. J., 762, L27 (2013/January-2)

New estimates of the inclination, position angle, pitch angle, and scale height of the whirlpool galaxy.

HU T., SHAO Z. and PENG Q.

Abstract (from CDS):

The inclination (i) and position angle (PA) of the Whirlpool galaxy (M51) are critical to modeling and interpreting observations. Here we make improved estimates of these parameters by fitting logarithmic spirals to the main arms. From separate fits to each major arm, we obtain i = 20.°3 ±2.°8 and PA = 12.°0±2.°5. We then use Poisson's equation for the logarithmic perturbation of the density to estimate the mean vertical scale height (H) of M51 to be 95-178 pc.

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Journal keyword(s): galaxies: individual: M51 - galaxies: spiral - galaxies: structure

Simbad objects: 4

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Number of rows : 4
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA
ICRS (J2000)
DEC
Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026
#notes
1 NGC 1566 Sy1 04 20 00.3968473248 -54 56 16.624708764 10.29 10.19 9.73 9.21 10.1 ~ 1051 2
2 M 51 Sy2 13 29 52.698 +47 11 42.93   9.26 8.36 8.40   ~ 4565 4
3 NGC 5195 GiG 13 29 59.590 +47 15 58.06 10.76 10.45 9.55 9.31   ~ 816 3
4 NGC 5247 EmG 13 38 03.0183262176 -17 53 02.645511252   10.77   9.96 10.5 ~ 228 0

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