Bibcode
DOI
Perez Garcia, A. M.; Rodriguez Espinosa, J. M.
Bibliographical reference
Astronomical Journal v.112, p.1863
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11
1996
Citations
8
Refereed citations
8
Description
Subarcsecond optical broad band images of the Seyfert galaxy NGC 985 are
presented. A second nucleus located 3.8" NW of the Seyfert nucleus is
clearly revealed by these images and confirmed by the study of its
colors and brightness profile. We claim that this object is a spheroidal
bulge with an absolute magnitude M_B_ = -16.6, and that it is
responsible for the peculiar ring shape of NGC 985. We also find that
many knots of star formation spread throughout the ring are all coeval.