Bibcode
Florido, E.; Prieto, M.; Battaner, E.; Mediavilla, E.; Sane; Sanchez-Saavedra, M. L.
Bibliographical reference
Astronomy and Astrophysics (ISSN 0004-6361), vol. 242, no. 2, Feb. 1991, p. 301-312.
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1991
Citations
37
Refereed citations
29
Description
Three spiral galaxies with warped disks have been observed; NGC 4013,
NGC 4565, and NGC 6504. There is a clear wavelength dependence in the
warp's curve, the bluest colors presenting greater distortion. These
differences cannot be due to extinction. A larger warp in the young
population of stars can be clearly and directly appreciated in the NGC
4013 outskirts, where the dust lane crosses the disk defined by the
galactic star background with a very different position angle. The
warping curve is studied, and it is shown that it can at times be
complex: in some cases, it seems to begin in the opposite hemisphere
before it slowly departs from the galactic plane.