Study of the HII regions in the spiral galaxy NGC6384 |
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Authors: | A A Hakobyan A R Petrosian A A Yeghazaryan J Boulesteix |
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Institution: | (1) V.A.Ambartsumian Byurakan Astropysical Observatory, Armenia;(2) Observatoire de Marseille, France |
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Abstract: | The galaxy NGC6384 has been observed with an IPCS through Hα and NII] narrow-band interference filters for direct imagery with the 2.6-m Byurakan telescope. We studied the main physical
parameters of the identified 98 HII regions, their diameter and luminosity functions, as well the NII]/Hα ratio distribution. The integrated distribution function of the HII region diameters can be well fitted by the exponential
function. The characteristic diameter has the value (Do = 217 pc) predicted for a galaxy of its measured luminosity. The luminosity
function of HII regions has a double power law profile with relatively shallow slope at low luminosities (α = −0.4), an abrupt
turnover at logL(Hα) ≈ 38.75, and sharper slope at higher luminosities (α = −2.3). The correlation between the luminosity and diameter of HII
regions confirms that in general they are constant density, radiation-bound systems. NII]/Hα ratio data for the HII regions show that there is a negative radial gradient of NII]/Hα. In the central region of the galaxy, nitrogen abundance is higher than in the periphery. The properties of the HII region
population of this AGN galaxy do not differ significantly from the properties of the HII region population of the “normal”
galaxies. Reexamining the location of the type Ia SN 1971L in the galaxy, we confirm that it lies on the spiral arm at about
8″.6 far from the closest HII region N 53 (F81). Such a location can be taken as proof that the progenitor of this SN does
not belong to an old, evolved stellar population.
Published in Astrofizika, Vol. 50, No. 4, pp. 519–533 (November 2007). |
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Keywords: | galaxies stellar content HII regions chemical abundance supernovae |
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