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Molecular Clouds in NGC 3256

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

S. Aalto ,
R.S. Booth ,
L.E.B. Johansson  and
N Bergvall
S. Aalto
Affiliation:
Onsala Space Observatory, S-439 00 Onsala, Sweden
R.S. Booth
Affiliation:
Onsala Space Observatory, S-439 00 Onsala, Sweden
L.E.B. Johansson
Affiliation:
Onsala Space Observatory, S-439 00 Onsala, Sweden
N Bergvall
Affiliation:
Astronomiska Observatoriet, Box 515, S-751 20 Uppsala, Sweden

Abstract

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A spectacular morphology, including two diffuse tidal tails, and high infrared luminosity suggest that the starburst NGC 3256 is a merger of two gas-rich disk galaxies. NGC 3256 exhibits strong and extended 12CO emission. A conventional interpretation of the observed 12CO and 13CO line ratios yields contradictory results.

Type
VIII- Bars, Rings and Starbursts
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 146: Dynamics of Galaxies and their Molecular Cloud Distributions , 1991 , pp. 281
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1991