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astro-ph1998

A massive object in the core of NGC 5055?

Sebastien Blais-Ouellette

In a global kinematical study of NGC 5055 using high resolution Fabry-Perot, intriguing spectral line profiles have been observed in the center of the galaxy. These profiles seem t…

astro-ph1998

Necessity for High Accuracy Rotation Curves in Spiral Galaxies

Sebastien Blais-Ouellette, Claude Carignan, Philippe Amram

In the last 20 years, rotation curves derived from H I kinematics obtained on radio synthesis instruments were used to probe the dark matter distribution in spiral and dwarf irregu…

astro-ph1998★ 48 cited

A nuclear grand-design spiral within the normal disc spiral of NGC 5248

S. Laine, J. H. Knapen, D. Pérez-Ramírez +2

We report the discovery of trailing grand-design nuclear spiral structure in the spiral galaxy NGC 5248. Two tightly-wound red spiral arms, with widths less than 1 arcsec (~75 pc),…

astro-ph1998★ 71 cited

Detection of HI associated with the Sculptor Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy

Claude Carignan, Sylvie Beaulieu, Stephanie Cote +2

Neutral hydrogen (HI) has been detected in the Local Group dwarf spheroidal galaxy Sculptor with the 64 m Parkes single dish and mapped with the Australia Telescope synthesis array…

astro-ph1998★ 71 cited

The Polarizing Power of the Interstellar Medium in Taurus

Hector G. Arce, Alyssa A. Goodman, Pierre Bastien +2

We present a study of the polarizing power of the dust in cold dense regions (dark clouds) compared to that of dust in the general interstellar medium (ISM). Our study uses new pol…