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J/A+AS/93/255       Axial ratios of edge-on spirals               (Guthrie 1992)
Axial ratios of edge-on spirals
     GUTHRIE B.N.G.
    <Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 93, 255 (1992)>
    =1992A&AS...93..255G
ADC_Keywords: Galaxies, optical; Morphology

Keywords: galaxies: spiral - galaxies: structure of


File Summary:

       FileName      Lrecl  Records   Explanations

ReadMe            80        .   This file
table1            73      299   Edge-on spirals in the UGC
table2            60       17   Edge-on spirals used as calibrators
table4            73       43   Additional nearby edge-on spirals


Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1 table4

   Bytes Format  Units   Label    Explanations

   1-  6  A6     ---     UGC      UGC designation, or blank for
                                      additional galaxies (table 4)
                                      (the * flag is not explained)
   7- 15  A9     ---     Name     NGC or IC designation, or other
      17  I1     ---     T        Numerical Hubble type as in RC2
  18- 21  A4     ---     n_T      [+DL: ] Note in T:
                                    +  value of T assigned according to
                                        the bulge/disc ratio
                                    DL = Dust Lane
  23- 26  F4.2   arcmin  D        []? Major diameter of the disc
      27  A1     ---     u_D      Uncertaintly flag (:) on D
  30- 33  F4.2   arcmin  disc     []? Minor diameter of the disc
      34  A1     ---     u_disc   Uncertaintly flag (:) on disc
  37- 40  F4.2   arcmin  d        []? Minor diameter of the whole galaxy
                                      when the central bulge is larger
                                      than the Minor diameter of the disc
      41  A1     ---     u_d      Uncertaintly flag (:) on d
  43- 46  F4.2   ---  logR25disc  Ratio of major/minor axis (logarithmic
                                    scale) at 25mag/arcsec2 limit
      47  A1     --- u_logR25disc  Uncertaintly flag (:) on logR25disc
  54- 57  F4.2   ---   logR25gal  []? ratio of major/minor axis (logarithmic
                                    scale) at 25mag/arcsec2 limit
      58  A1     --- u_logR25gal  Uncertaintly flag (:) on logR25gal
  65- 66  I2     deg     i        Inclination angle
  70- 72  I3     km/s    Vmax     []? Maximum rotation velocity from HI
                                      line width
      73  A1     ---     u_Vmax   Uncertaintly flag (:) on Vmax


Byte-by-byte Description of file: table2

   Bytes Format  Units   Label    Explanations

   1-  6  A6     ---     UGC      UGC designation
   7- 15  A9     ---     Name     NGC or IC designation, or other
  23- 26  F4.2   arcmin  D        Major diameter
      27  A1     ---     u_D      Uncertaintly flag (:) on D
  30- 33  F4.2   arcmin  d        Minor diameter
      34  A1     ---     u_d      Uncertaintly flag (:) on d
  43- 46  F4.2   ---    log(D/d)  Ratio of major/minor axis (logarithmic
                                    scale)
      47  A1     ---  u_log(D/d)  Uncertaintly flag (:) on log(D/d)
  54- 58  F5.3   ---     logR25   Ratio at 25mag/arcsec2 limit
      60  A1     ---     Ref      [1-4] Reference:
                                   1. Cornell et al. (1987)
                                   2. Pierce (1988)
                                   3. Pierce & Tully (1988)
                                   4. Fouque & Paturel (1983)


Table 3: Values of <log Ro> for spirals of various types T.
     -------------------------------------------------------
                      ⟵---Value of Mean <log Ro> ------->
      T       N.Gal.  me=0.03   me=0.06   me=0.09   me=0.12
     -------------------------------------------------------
      0            9    0.77      0.74      0.71      0.70
      1           71    0.77      0.74      0.71      0.70
      2           66    0.72      0.71      0.70      0.70
      3          205    0.98      0.98      0.98      0.98
      4          138    0.83      0.83      0.85      0.85
      5          174    0.96      0.97      0.97      0.98
      6          145    1.00      1.00      1.01      1.01
      7           80    1.08      1.08      1.08      1.07
     -------------------------------------------------------

Table 5: Comparison of inclinations
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  Galaxy       UGC    i(present) i(model)  Reference
  -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  A0957-29             90          90      Wainscoat et al. (1989)
  NGC 4013     6963    85          90      van der Kruit 8 Searle (1982)
  NGC 4217     7282    73          88      van der Kruit 8 Searle (1982)
  NGC 4244     7322    87          88      van der Kruit 8 Searle (1981)
  NGC 4289     7403    90          86      Shaw 8 Gilmore (1990)
  NGC 4565     7772    90          86      van der Kruit 8 Searle (1981)
  NGC 5023     8286    84          90      van der Kruit 8 Searle (1982)
  NGC 5906/7   9801    89          87      van der Kruit 8 Searle (1981)
  A1611-00    10288    86          88      Shaw 8 Gilmore (1990)
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(End)                   James Marcout,   Francois Ochsenbein [CDS]   22-Feb-1994