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Solar Motion with Respect to the Nearest Galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

G. de Vaucouleurs
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy and McDonald Observatory The University of Texas
W.L. Peters
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy and McDonald Observatory The University of Texas
H.G. Corwin Jr.
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy and McDonald Observatory The University of Texas

Abstract

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Solutions for solar motion with respect to 12 classical members of the restricted Local Group and 9 additional proposed members of an extended Local Group, all within 2 Mpc, suggest that the Local Group – both restricted and extended – is expanding at a rate, H* = 47 ± 12 ou 57 ± 11 km s-1 Mpc-1, which is significantly lower than its free-space (asymptotic) value Ho ≃, 90 km s-1 Mpc-1, as required by the rotating-expanding model of the Local supercluster. The differential rotation effects predicted by the model are detectable in the velocity residuals with correct phase L*o = 87° and amplitude A* = 30 to 40 km s-1 Mpc-1 in the first-order expansion.

V = H*r + V⊙ cos A + A* r sin 2(L-L*o) cos2B

The solar motion with respect to the velocity centroid of the Local Group is V⊙ = 340 ± 18 km s-1 toward the apex 1 = 105° ± 5°, b = -11° ± 3°. With the conventional values of the solar motion within the Galaxy the apex of the galactic center in the Local Group is at supergalactic coordinates L = 325° ± 11°, B = -12° ± 11° with a velocity VG = 140 + 25 km s-1.

The residual velocity dispersion σ = 40 to 50 km s-1 implies a virial theorem mass VT ≃ 9 x 1011⊙ not significantly in excess of that which can be accounted for by the member galaxies and intergalactic gas clouds.

Résumé

Résumé

Des solutions pour le mouvement solaire par rapport à 12 membres classiques du Groupe Local restreint et 9 membres possibles d’un Groupe Local étendu, tous à moins de 2 mégaparsecs, suggèrent que le Groupe Local (restreint ou étendu) est en expansion au taux de H* = 47 ± 12 ou 57 ± 11 km s-1 Mpc-1, qui est nettement moindre que sa valeur Ho ≃, 90 km s-1 Mpc-1 dans l’espace extérieur au super-amas local. Les effets de rotation différentielle prévus par le modèle cinématique du super-amas local sont mis en évidence.

Le mouvement solaire par rapport au centre des vitesses du Groupe Local est Vo = 340 ± 18 km s-1 vers un apex aux coordonnées galactiques 1 = 105° ± 5°, b = – 11° ± 3°. Compte tenu des valeurs conventionnelles du mouvement solaire dans la Galaxie, l’apex du centre galactique dans le Groupe Local est aux coordonnées supergalactiques L = 325° ± 11°, B = – 12° ± 11° avec une vitesse VG = 140 ± 25 km s-1.

La dispersion des vitesses résiduelles σ = 40 à 50 km s-1 correspond par le théorème du viriel à une masse totale VT ≃ 9 x 1011⊙ qui ne dépasse guère celle de la somme des galaxies et nuages gazeux intergalactiques qui font partie du Groupe Local.

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