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The Pattern Speed of NGC 936 by the Tremaine-Weinberg Method

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Konrad Kuijken  and
Michael R. Merrifield
Konrad Kuijken
Affiliation:
Kapteyn Institute, PO Box 800, 9700 AV Groningen, Netherlands
Michael R. Merrifield
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics, Southampton University, SO17 1BJ, UK

Abstract

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We describe a kinematic measurement of the pattern speed in the classic SB0 galaxy NGC 936. While the practicalities of this method remain difficult, allowance for non-Gaussian velocity distributions enables more reliable measurements than hitherto possible. The bar of NGC 936 appears to end just inside its corotation radius.

Type
Part IV. Observations of Barred Galaxies: Stellar Kinematics, Bulges, AGN
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 157: Barred Galaxies , 1996 , pp. 215 - 217
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1996

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