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The Megamaser Galaxy III Zw 35

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

Jessica M. Chapman ,
L. Staveley-Smith ,
D. J. Axon ,
S. W. Unger ,
R. J. Cohen ,
A. Pedlar  and
R. D. Davies
Jessica M. Chapman
Affiliation:
Australia Telescope National Facility, PO Box 76, Epping, NSW 2121
L. Staveley-Smith
Affiliation:
Australia Telescope National Facility, PO Box 76, Epping, NSW 2121
D. J. Axon
Affiliation:
University of Manchester, Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories, Jodrell Bank, Macclesfield, Cheshire
S. W. Unger
Affiliation:
Royal Greenwich Observatory, Herstmonceux, East Sussex
R. J. Cohen
Affiliation:
University of Manchester
A. Pedlar
Affiliation:
University of Manchester
R. D. Davies
Affiliation:
University of Manchester
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Abstract

III Zw 35 is a pair of galaxies characterised by intense OH maser emission, and powerful far-infrared and radio continuum. We have made a detailed study of the galaxy pair based on optical, infrared and radio observations. The brighter northern component is identified as a LINER or Seyfert galaxy and contains an active nuclear region from which radio continuum, OH maser and thermal dust emission are detected. We propose that the northern component has a compact active nucleus deeply embedded in an obscured region of diameter ~ 210 pc within which enhanced star-formation occurs. The lower luminosity, southern component is of low mass and is undergoing starburst activity over an extended region of diameter ~ 5.5 kpc. The origin of the starburst and non-thermal activity appears to be an interaction between the two components.

Type
Extragalactic
Information
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , 1991 , pp. 241 - 242
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1991

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