A Dust Lane in the Radio galaxy 3C270

Ashish Mahabal; Ajit Kembhavi; ; K. P. Singh; P. N. Bhat; ; T. P. Prabhu

doi:10.1086/176755

A Dust Lane in the Radio galaxy 3C270

Astrophysics 2009-10-28 v2

Authors: Ashish Mahabal , Ajit Kembhavi , ; K. P. Singh , P. N. Bhat , ; T. P. Prabhu

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Abstract

We present broad band surface photometry of the radio galaxy 3C270 (NGC~4261). We find a distinct dust lane in the $V-R$ image of the galaxy, and determine its orientation and size. We use the major axis profile of the galaxy to estimate the optical depth of the dust lane, and discuss the significance of the lane to the shape of the galaxy.

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radio galaxy dust lane surface photometry optical depth galaxy morphology

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9501029,
  title  = {A Dust Lane in the Radio galaxy 3C270},
  author = {Ashish Mahabal and Ajit Kembhavi and ; K. P. Singh and P. N. Bhat and ; T. P. Prabhu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9501029},
  year   = {2009}
}

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To appear in ApJ. Added a plate and minor elaboration of a procedure. 17 pages in LaTeX. 6 figures and 2 plates not included. These and the paper are available by anonymous ftp at ftp://144.16.31.6/pub/n4261 and at http://iucaa.iucaa.ernet.in/~aam/www/papers/n4261

A Dust Lane in the Radio galaxy 3C270

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