Bibcode
Knapen, J. H.; Peletier, R. F.; Shlosman, I.; Beckman, J. E.; Heller, C. H.; de Jong, R. S.
Bibliographical reference
Spiral Galaxies in the Near-IR, Proceedings of the ESO/MPA Workshop Held at Garching, Germany, 7-9 June 1995 edited by Dante Minniti and Hans-Walter Rix. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York. Also ESO Astrophysics Symposia (European Southern Observatory), 1996., p.240
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1996
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Description
High-resolution NIR and optical images are used to constrain a dynamical
model of the circumnuclear star forming (SF) region in the barred galaxy
M100 (=NGC 4321). Subarcsecond resolution allowed us to distinguish
important morphological details which are easily misinterpreted when
using images at lower resolution. Small leading arms observed in our
K-band image of the nuclear region are reproduced in the gas flow in our
model, and lead us to believe that part of the K light comes from young
stars, which trace the gas flow.