Chemistry and Physics Faculty Articles
Title
A Spectroscopic Survey of Superthin Galaxies
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-2021
Publication Title
Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society
Keywords
Dark matter, Galaxy dynamics, Galaxy rotation curves, Galaxy kinematics, Galaxy spectroscopy, Extragalactic astronomy
ISSN
2515-5172
Volume
5
Issue/No.
3
First Page
43
Abstract
We present spectroscopic observations of superthin galaxies. Superthin galaxies have the thinnest stellar disks among disk galaxies. A sample of 138 superthins was observed in visible light with the 3.5 m telescope at Apache Point Observatory in New Mexico to obtain the rotation curves of the ionized gas in the galaxies. The sample represents the largest survey of superthin galaxies so far and provides a database to investigate the kinematic and dynamic properties of this special type of extragalactic objects. Here we present the rotation curves of our sample objects.
Additional Comments
This project was partly funded by Nova Southeastern University's President's Faculty Research and Development grant 335510. The project was also partly supported by grant RSCF grant 19-12-00145.
Creative Commons License
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NSUWorks Citation
Kautsch, S. J., Bizyaev, D., Makarov, D. I., Reshetnikov, V. P., Mosenkov, A. V., & Antipova, A. V. (2021). A Spectroscopic Survey of Superthin Galaxies. Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society, 5, (3), 43 - . https://doi.org/10.3847/2515-5172/abec86. Retrieved from https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cnso_chemphys_facarticles/290
ORCID ID
0000-0003-0602-2705
DOI
10.3847/2515-5172/abec86
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