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The HI Halo of NGC 891

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

R.A. Swaters ,
R. Sancisi  and
J.M. van Der Hulst
R.A. Swaters
Affiliation:
Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, Groningen, The Netherlands
R. Sancisi
Affiliation:
Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, Groningen, The Netherlands
J.M. van Der Hulst
Affiliation:
Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, Groningen, The Netherlands

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NGC 891 is a spiral galaxy very similar to our Galaxy, almost perfectly edge-on (i ≃ 89°) and nearby (D = 9.5 Mpc). For these reasons it has become a key system for the study of the vertical distribution of the interstellar medium in a spiral disk.

Type
Poster Papers
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 171: New Light on Galaxy Evolution , 1996 , pp. 450
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1996 

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