1999AJ....118..162H

Query : 1999AJ....118..162H

1999AJ....118..162H - Astron. J., 118, 162-185 (1999/July-0)

A 180 kiloparsec tidal tail in the luminous infrared merger Arp 299.

HIBBARD J.E. and YUN M.S.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present VLA H I observations and University of Hawaii 88 inch (2.2 m) deep optical B- and R-band observations of the IR-luminous merger Arp 299 (=NGC 3690+IC 694). These data reveal a gas-rich (MHI=3.3x109 M☉) optically faint (µB≳27 mag.arcsec–2, µ_R_≳26 mag.arcsec–2) tidal tail with a length of over 180 kpc. The size of this tidal feature necessitates an old interaction age for the merger (≳750 Myr since first periapse), which is currently experiencing a very young starburst (≲20 Myr). The observations reveal a most remarkable structure within the tidal tail: it appears to be composed of two parallel filaments separated by approximately 20 kpc. One of the filaments is gas-rich with little if any starlight, while the other is gas-poor. We believe that this bifurcation results from a warped disk in one of the progenitors. The quantities and kinematics of the tidal H I suggest that Arp 299 results from the collision of a retrograde Sab-Sb galaxy (IC 694) and a prograde Sbc-Sc galaxy (NGC 3690) that occurred 750 Myr ago and will merge into a single object in roughly 60 Myr. We suggest that the present IR-luminous phase in this system is due in part to the retrograde spin of IC 694. Finally, we discuss the apparent lack of tidal dwarf galaxies within the tail.

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Journal keyword(s): Galaxies: Evolution - Galaxies: Individual: NGC Number: NGC 3690 - galaxies: individual (IC 694, Arp 299) - Galaxies: Interactions - Galaxies: ISM - Galaxies: Kinematics and Dynamics - Galaxies: Peculiar - Galaxies: Starburst - Infrared Radiation

CDS comments: Table 3: Companion not identified at the given positions.

Simbad objects: 40

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Number of rows : 40
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA 		ICRS (J2000)
DEC 		Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2024 		#notes
1 NAME Magellanic Stream HVC 00 32 -30.0           ~ 971 1
2 NGC 247 LSB 00 47 08.554 -20 45 37.44 10.11 9.61 9.10 8.87   ~ 441 2
3 NGC 253 SyG 00 47 33.134 -25 17 19.68   8.03   6.94 8.1 ~ 3336 2
4 NGC 520 AG? 01 24 34.90 +03 47 29.4 12.41 12.24 11.42     ~ 513 3
5 NAME LMC G 05 23 34.6 -69 45 22     0.4     ~ 17430 0
6 NGC 2444 AG? 07 46 53.0555407896 +39 01 55.100891208   13.1       ~ 107 1
7 NGC 2445 GiP 07 46 55.1013582528 +39 00 54.455374152   13.1       ~ 68 0
8 NGC 2535 rG 08 11 13.484 +25 12 24.97   13.5 12.60     ~ 178 0
9 APG 82 PaG 08 11 14.0 +25 12 25           ~ 146 0
10 NGC 2536 GiP 08 11 15.9239979960 +25 10 45.549680232   14.8 13.93     ~ 91 0
11 NGC 2782 Sy2 09 14 05.1 +40 06 49 12.29 12.30 11.63     ~ 472 3
12 M 81 Sy2 09 55 33.1726556496 +69 03 55.062505368   7.89 6.94     ~ 4449 3
13 M 82 AGN 09 55 52.430 +69 40 46.93 9.61 9.30 8.41     ~ 5860 6
14 NGC 3561 LIN 11 11 13.1873 +28 41 46.963   14.7       ~ 193 2
15 VV 118e G 11 28 25.83 +58 34 20.7           ~ 2 0
16 MCG+10-17-002a G 11 28 26.5 +58 34 14           ~ 5 0
17 IC 694 AG? 11 28 27.312 +58 34 42.29   18.2       ~ 252 2
18 UGC 6472 C G 11 28 30.70 +58 33 48.4           ~ 351 0
19 [ZWM2003] 2 PoG 11 28 30.7 +58 33 49           ~ 39 0
20 NGC 3690 IG 11 28 31.0 +58 33 41   13.19 12.86     ~ 978 4
21 GSW B PoG 11 28 30.99 +58 33 40.5           ~ 24 1
22 NAME NGC 3690 West GiP 11 28 31.02 +58 33 40.7   11.8       ~ 629 4
23 GSW C' PoG 11 28 31.02 +58 33 49.4           ~ 25 0
24 NAME NGC 3690 East AGN 11 28 33.07 +58 33 54.2   11.8       ~ 631 4
25 [ZWM2003] 16 PoG 11 28 33.7 +58 33 47           ~ 40 1
26 MCG+10-17-005 IG 11 28 45.8500774416 +58 35 36.676808628   16   16.10   ~ 12 1
27 NGC 3921 AG? 11 51 06.8803989360 +55 04 43.414457484   13.4 12.64     ~ 246 0
28 NGC 4038 EmG 12 01 53.002 -18 52 03.32   10.91   9.74 11.0 ~ 1332 1
29 NAME Antennae IG 12 01 53.170 -18 52 37.92           ~ 1691 0
30 NGC 4039 GiP 12 01 53.51 -18 53 10.3   11.08   9.77   ~ 1160 1
31 NGC 4631 GiP 12 42 08.009 +32 32 29.44   9.78 9.19 9.10   ~ 1095 2
32 NGC 4656 GiP 12 43 57.6889089768 +32 10 13.345914504   10.96 10.52     ~ 363 3
33 NGC 4725 Sy2 12 50 26.5716367992 +25 30 02.733090588   13.45 12.44     ~ 695 2
34 NGC 4747 GiP 12 51 45.592 +25 46 30.12   13.2       ~ 170 1
35 NGC 5018 GiP 13 13 01.0452720960 -19 31 05.649751992   11.71   10.31   ~ 313 1
36 NGC 7252 EmG 22 20 44.7748209648 -24 40 41.909518200 12.26 12.46 12.06 11.57   ~ 703 1
37 NGC 7714 GiP 23 36 14.1257730600 +02 09 18.197422668   14.91 14.36     ~ 765 1
38 APG 284 PaG 23 36 19 +02 09.3   12.6       ~ 607 0
39 NGC 7715 GiP 23 36 21.768 +02 09 25.30   11.81 12.14     ~ 138 0
40 MCG-01-60-021 LIN 23 41 47.285 -03 40 01.90 14.88 14.50 13.57     ~ 91 1

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