Bibcode
Rozas, M.; Zurita, A.; Beckman, J. E.; Pérez, D.
Referencia bibliográfica
Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement, v.142, p.259-273
Fecha de publicación:
3
2000
Número de citas
26
Número de citas referidas
21
Descripción
The spiral galaxy NGC 3359 has been observed in the Hα line with
the TAURUS II Fabry-Perot interferometer at the William Herschel
Telescope within the BARS programme on the Canary Island telescopes in
order to study the kinematics of the ionized gas. We have produced maps
of velocity and velocity dispersion, and computed the rotation curve out
to ~ 3 scale lengths from the centre of the galaxy. From the map of the
residual velocities, obtained after subtracting off the systemic
rotation, we detected streaming motions in the gas across the spiral
arms and the presence of non-circular motions of order 30-40 km
s-1 around the bar: the gas response to the gravitational
potential. The velocity dispersion map shows typical values of order 15
km s-1 for the Hii regions, but also reveals major wings of
high dispersion associated with the most luminous, density-limited
regions.