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The Ring of HI in LEO: Probing the Mass Distribution in a Galaxy Group

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

Stephen E. Schneider ,
Edwin E. Salpeter  and
Yervant Terzian
Stephen E. Schneider
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, Cornell University
Edwin E. Salpeter
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, Cornell University
Yervant Terzian
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, Cornell University

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The intergalactic neutral hydrogen in the M96 group (Schneider et al. 1983) provides an unusual probe of the detailed mass distribution in a group of galaxies. Previous observations (Schneider 1985) tentatively suggested the existence of a large ring structure to the gas. Sensitive new observations made at Arecibo confirm that the intergalactic gas forms a 200 kpc diameter eccentric ring around the two central galaxies in the group, the giant elliptical galaxy NGC 3379 (M105) and the lenticular NGC 3384.

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Research Article
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 117: Dark Matter in the Universe , 1987 , pp. 116
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1987 

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