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The stellar velocity field in M 51

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

S. M. Simkin
S. M. Simkin*
Affiliation:
Columbia University, New York, N.Y., U.S.A., and Kitt Peak National Observatory, Tucson, Ariz., U.S.A.

Abstract

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Radial velocities have been measured from the absorption lines on two image tube spectra of M 51. These velocities show large deviations from the ‘smoothed’ rotation curve for that object. The measurements seem to indicate that both the stars and the gas move in the same way.

Information

Type
Part I/Spiral Structure in Galaxies
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 38: The Spiral Structure of our Galaxy , 1970, pp. 79 - 82
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1970 

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