Quantitative interpretation of the morphology of NGC 1288

Authors
Fuchs, B Mollenhoff, C
Citation
B. Fuchs et C. Mollenhoff, Quantitative interpretation of the morphology of NGC 1288, ASTRON ASTR, 352(1), 1999, pp. L36-L39
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Space Sciences
Journal title
ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS
ISSN journal
00046361 → ACNP
Volume
352
Issue
1
Year of publication
1999
Pages
L36 - L39
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-6361(199912)352:1<L36:QIOTMO>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
We present a quantitative photometry of the bulge and disk of NGC 1288. We deduce from the multiplicity of spiral arms, using arguments of density wav e theory, that NGC 1288 must be imbedded in a dark halo.