Spatial population synthesis and emission line analysis of NGC 5253.
Abstract
Detailed slit spectrophotometry in the range 3700 - 7200 Å is presented for the nucleus and seven different positions in NGC 5253. Population synthesis models show that NGC 5253 is highly composed in age and characterized by a strong gradient in the sense that the blue components become not only stronger but younger towards the center. The old population substratum is metal deficient [Z/Z0] < -0.5. A similar abundance is derived for the gas with no spatial variations.
- Publication:
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Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica, vol. 21
- Pub Date:
- November 1990
- Bibcode:
- 1990RMxAA..21..187P
- Keywords:
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- Spiral Galaxies: Spectra;
- Spiral Galaxies: Stellar Populations