The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society (천문학회보)
- Volume 35 Issue 2
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- Pages.27.2-27.2
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- 2010
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- 1226-2692(pISSN)
HST Pixel Analysis of NGC 5194
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Lee, Joon-Hyeop
(Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute)
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Park, Hong-Soo
(Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute)
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Kim, Sang-Chul
(Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute)
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Kyung, Jae-Mann
(Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute)
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Sung, Eon-Chang
(Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute)
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- Ree, Chang-H. (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute) ;
- Chung, Ji-Won (Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute)
- Published : 2010.10.06
Abstract
We report the HST pixel analysis results of the interacting face-on spiral galaxy, NGC 5194 (M51), which is the first step of a new observational research project, PANCluG (Pixel Analysis of Nearby Cluster Galaxies). We derive several quantities describing the pixel color-magnitude diagram (pCMD) of NGC 5194, suitable for future comparisons with the pCMDs of other galaxies. We investigate the spatial distribution of pixel stellar populations, finding that the spiral arm pattern and the tidal interaction with NGC 5195 significantly affect the stellar populations in NGC 5194. We find that the pixels corresponding to the central active galactic nucleus (AGN) of NGC 5194 show a very tight sequence in the bright-end of the pCMD, of which spatial distribution seems to agree with the AGN torus region.
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