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The stellar population and interstellar medium in NGC 6822 | | W.J.G. de Blok
; F. Walter
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1 Aug 2005 | | Subject: | astro-ph | | Affiliation: | RSAA, Mt Stromlo), F. Walter (MPIA, Heidelberg | | Abstract: | We present a comprehensive study of the stellar population and the interstellar medium in NGC 6822 using high-quality HI data (obtained with the Australia Telescope Compact Array) and optical broad/narrow-band data (obtained with Subaru and the INT). Our H$alpha$ observations are an order of magnitude deeper than previous studies and reveal a complex filamentary network covering almost the entire central disk of NGC 6822. We find hitherto unknown HII regions in the outskirts of NGC 6822 and the companion galaxy. The old and intermediate age stellar population can be traced out to radii of over 0.6 deg (> 5 kpc), significantly more extended than the HI disk. In sharp contrast, the distribution of the young, blue stars, closely follows the distribution of the HI disk and displays a highly structured morphology. We find evidence for an older stellar population in the companion galaxy -- the current star formation activity, although likely to have been triggered by the interaction with NGC 6822, is not the first star formation episode in this object. We show that the properties of the giant kpc-sized hole in the outer HI disk of NGC 6822 are consistent with it being formed by the effects of stellar evolution. | | Source: | arXiv, astro-ph/0508018 | | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites | |
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