Large Velocity Gradients in the Tidal Tails of the Interacting Galaxy AM 1353-272 ("The Dentist's Chair")

Peter M. Weilbacher, Uta Fritze-v. Alvensleben, Pierre-Alain Duc +1

We present VLT observations of the interacting system AM 1353-272. Using the FORS2 instrument, we studied the kinematics of the ionized gas along its prominent tidal tails and disc…