2007A&A...462L..27S

Query : 2007A&A...462L..27S

2007A&A...462L..27S - Astronomy and Astrophysics, volume 462, L27-30 (2007/2-2)

Bar-driven mass build-up within the central 50 pc of NGC 6946.

SCHINNERER E., BOEKER T., EMSELLEM E. and DOWNES D.

Abstract (from CDS):

We have used the new extended A configuration of the IRAM Plateau de Bure interferometer to study the dense molecular gas in the nucleus of the nearby spiral galaxy NGC6946 at unprecedented spatial resolution in the HCN(1-0) and 12CO(2-1) lines. The gas distribution in the central 50pc has been resolved and is consistent with a gas ring or spiral driven by the inner 400pc long stellar bar. For the first time, it is possible to directly compare the location of (dense) giant molecular clouds with that of (optically) visible HII regions in space-based images. We use the 3mm continuum and the HCN emission to estimate in the central 50pc the star formation rates in young clusters that are still embedded in their parent clouds and hence are missed in optical and near-IR surveys of star formation. The amount of embedded star formation is about 1.6 times as high as that measured from HII regions alone, and appears roughly evenly split between ongoing dust-obscured star formation and very young giant molecular cloud cores that are just beginning to form stars. The build-up of central mass seems to have continued over the past ≥10Myr, to have occurred in an extended (albeit small) volume around the nucleus, and to be closely related to the presence of an inner bar.

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Journal keyword(s): galaxies: nuclei - galaxies: ISM - galaxies: kinematics and dynamics - galaxies: individual: NGC 6946

Simbad objects: 1

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Number of rows : 1
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 NGC 6946 H2G 20 34 52.332 +60 09 13.24   10.5       ~ 2526 2

Query : 2007A&A...462L..27S

Basic data :
NGC 6946 -- HII Galaxy
Origin of the objects types :

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(acronym) Object type linked to the acronym according to the original reference
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Other object types: 		G (2011MNRAS,APG,...), Rad (BWE,GB6,...), X (2E,RX,...), smm (JCMTSE,JCMTSF), IR (IRAS,PSCz), H2G (2013MNRAS), GiG ([CHM2007]), AG? (2020MNRAS), G? (2012ApJ)
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  • ra dec : right ascension and declination (unit and frame defined according to your Output Options)
    Grey values are increasing the original precision due to the computation of frame transformations
  • (wtype) : wavelength class for the origin of the coordinates (Rad, mm, IR, Optical, UV, Xray, Gam)
  • [error ellipse] : measurement uncertainty, on (ra,dec) if the positional angle is 90 degrees, on (majaxis,minaxis) otherwise (in mas at defined epoch in the original catalogue),
    position angle (in degrees North celestial pole to East)
  • quality : flag of quality
    • E ≥ 10"
    • D : 1-10" (and some old data)
    • C : 0.1-1"
    • B : 0.01-0.1" + 2MASS, Tyc
    • A : VLBI, Hipparcos
  • bibcode : bibcode of the coordinates reference
ICRS coord. (ep=J2000) : 		20 34 52.332 +60 09 13.24 (Infrared) [ ] C 2006AJ....131.1163S
Syntax of coordinates is : "ra dec (wtype) [error ellipse] quality bibcode" :
  • ra dec : right ascension and declination (unit and frame defined according to your Output Options)
    Grey values are increasing the original precision due to the computation of frame transformations
  • (wtype) : wavelength class for the origin of the coordinates (Rad, mm, IR, Optical, UV, Xray, Gam)
  • [error ellipse] : measurement uncertainty, on (ra,dec) if the positional angle is 90 degrees, on (majaxis,minaxis) otherwise (in mas at defined epoch in the original catalogue),
    position angle (in degrees North celestial pole to East)
  • quality : flag of quality
    • E ≥ 10"
    • D : 1-10" (and some old data)
    • C : 0.1-1"
    • B : 0.01-0.1" + 2MASS, Tyc
    • A : VLBI, Hipparcos
  • bibcode : bibcode of the coordinates reference
FK4 coord. (ep=B1950 eq=1950) : 		20 33 49.241 +59 58 48.27 [ ]
Syntax of coordinates is : "ra dec (wtype) [error ellipse] quality bibcode" :
  • ra dec : right ascension and declination (unit and frame defined according to your Output Options)
    Grey values are increasing the original precision due to the computation of frame transformations
  • (wtype) : wavelength class for the origin of the coordinates (Rad, mm, IR, Optical, UV, Xray, Gam)
  • [error ellipse] : measurement uncertainty, on (ra,dec) if the positional angle is 90 degrees, on (majaxis,minaxis) otherwise (in mas at defined epoch in the original catalogue),
    position angle (in degrees North celestial pole to East)
  • quality : flag of quality
    • E ≥ 10"
    • D : 1-10" (and some old data)
    • C : 0.1-1"
    • B : 0.01-0.1" + 2MASS, Tyc
    • A : VLBI, Hipparcos
  • bibcode : bibcode of the coordinates reference
Gal coord. (ep=J2000) : 		095.718766 +11.672736 [ ]
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Radial velocity / Redshift / cz : 		V(km/s) 45 [7] / z(~) 0.000150 [0.000023] / cz 44.97 [6.90]
   D 2002LEDA.........0P
Syntax of morphological type is : mtype quality bibcode
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Morphological type: 		Sc C 2019MNRAS.485.1477K
Syntax of angular size is : "maj-axis min-axis angle (wtype) quality bibcode"
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  • min-axis : minor axis size (arc minutes)
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  • (wtype) : wavelength class for the origin of the angular size (Rad, mm, IR, Opt, UV, Xray, Gam)
  • quality : flag of quality of the angular size values ( A=best quality -> E=worst quality, {� } =unknown quality)
  • bibcode : bibcode of the angular size reference
Angular size (arcmin): 		11.48 10.72 ~ (Opt) D 2003A&A...412...45P
Syntax of fluxes (or magnitudes) is : "filter-name (System) flux-value [error] quality MultVarFlags bibcode"
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  • flux-value : value of flux or magnitude
  • [error] : error value
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  • MultVarFlags : Mult is zero or one char (J) for joined photometry ; Var can be zero or two chars (V[0-4])
  • bibcode : bibcode of the flux reference
Fluxes (4) :
B 10.5 [~] E ~
J 6.270 [0.025] C 2006AJ....131.1163S
H 5.913 [0.029] C 2006AJ....131.1163S
K 5.369 [0.034] C 2006AJ....131.1163S
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NGC 6946 IRAS F20338+5958 RX J2034.9+6010 Z 304-6
APG 29 JCMTSE J203452.0+600913 SPB 263 Z 2033.8+5959
BWE 2033+5958 JCMTSF J203452.0+600913 TC 601 [CAB95] IRAS F20338+5958
2E 4389 LEDA 65001 UGC 11597 [CHM2007] HDC 1123 J203452.33+6009132
2E 2033.9+6000 2MASX J20345233+6009132 UZC J203452.8+600911 [CHM2007] LDC 1412 J203452.33+6009132
GB6 B2033+5959 MCG+10-29-006 WB 2033+5958 [M98c] 203348.8+595850
87GB 203349.0+595856 MY 203351.2+595835.0 WN B2033.8+5958C [NKB95] N6946
IRAS 20338+5958 MY 203351.2+600900.1 WN B2033.8+5958 [VDD93] 229
IRAS 20338+5959 PSCz Q20338+5958 2XMM J203452.4+600912

References (2526 between 1850 and 2024) (Total 2526)
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Collections of Measurements


velocities : 8    distance : 7   

   

Observing logs


herschel : 34    ISO : 81    IUE : 2    XMM : 8   

   

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Archive data at HEASARC - High-Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center

Data at NED - NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database : NGC 6946

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NGC 6946 APG 29 BWE 2033+5958 2E 4389 IRAS 20338+5958
IRAS 20338+5959 IRAS F20338+5958 2MASX J20345233+6009132 UGC 11597 WN B2033.8+5958C
WN B2033.8+5958

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