Method for orientation angles of galaxies

DOI

A method is proposed for the determination of the position and inclination angles of the plane of a spiral galaxy based on the assumption that every spiral arm is a monotonic function of the radius against azimuthal angle. This method may yield more accurate results than the more commonly employed isophote method, which is subject to a number of drawbacks. Analytical study, calibration against other methods and examples of application of the proposed method to real galaxies are presented.

Cone search capability for table J/MNRAS/403/1625/table1 (Positional and inclination angles obtained using MSA method for galaxies from the Ohio State University Bright Spiral Galaxy Survey)

Identifier
DOI http://doi.org/10.26093/cds/vizier.74031625
Source https://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/lp/custom/CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/403/1625
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Provenance
Creator Fridman A.M.; Poltorak S.G.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2010
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OpenAccess true
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Representation
Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Galactic and extragalactic Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics