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HST Observations of the Toomre Sequence of Merging Galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2016

Jörn Rossa ,
Roeland P. Van Der Marel ,
Torsten Böker ,
Seppo Laine ,
J. Christopher Mihos ,
John E. Hibbard  and
Ann I. Zabludoff
Jörn Rossa
Affiliation:
Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
Roeland P. Van Der Marel
Affiliation:
Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
Torsten Böker
Affiliation:
Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
Seppo Laine
Affiliation:
SIRTF Science Center, CALTECH, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
J. Christopher Mihos
Affiliation:
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
John E. Hibbard
Affiliation:
NRAO, Charlottesville, VA 22903-2475, USA
Ann I. Zabludoff
Affiliation:
Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA

Abstract

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We discuss our ongoing multi-instrument HST investigation of the nuclear regions of the 11 interacting and merging galaxies in the Toomre Sequence. We are studying the nuclear kinematics using STIS (G750M) spectra, the nuclear stellar populations using STIS (G430L) spectra, and the nuclear morphology using NICMOS and WFPC2 images. The results will provide new insight into the physical processes that operate during galaxy interactions.

Type
Part 3. Ejection and Outflow
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 217: Recycling Intergalactic and Interslettar Matter , 2004 , pp. 432 - 433
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2004 

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