A massive object in the core of NGC 5055?
Blais-Ouellette, Sebastien
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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 to indicate a rapidly rotating disk with a radius near 365 pc and tilted 50 ° with respect to the major axis of the galaxy. In the hypothesis of a massive dark object, a naive keplerian estimate gives a mass around 10⁷.2 to 10⁷.5 M. The limited spectral domain of the Fabry-Perot leaves some ambiguity on the exact movement and velocity of this Hα emission. 2-D spectroscopy with a larger spectral range (eg.: TIGRE, OASIS) is thus required.
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