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WFPC2 Observations of the Cooling Flow Elliptical in Abell 1795

Astrophysics 2009-10-28 v1

Abstract

We present WFPC2 images of the core of the cooling flow cD galaxy in Abell 1795. An irregular, asymmetric dust lane extends 7 \h75 kpc in projection to the north-northwest. The dust shares the morphology observed in the Hα\alpha and excess UV emission. We see both diffuse and knotty blue emission around the dust lane, especially at the ends. The dust and emission features lie on the edge of the radio lobes, suggesting star formation induced by the radio source or the deflection of the radio jets off of pre-existing dust and gas. We measure an apparent RV_V significantly less than 3.1, implying that the extinction law is not Galactic in the dust lane, or the presence of line emission which is proportional to the extinction. The dust mass is at least 2×105h752\times10^{5} h_{75}^{-2} M\solar\ and is more likely to be 6.5×105h752\times10^{5} h_{75}^{-2} M\solar.

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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9606146,
  title  = {WFPC2 Observations of the Cooling Flow Elliptical in Abell 1795},
  author = {Jason Pinkney and Jon Holtzman and Chris Garasi and Alan M. Watson and John S. Gallagher and the WFPC2 IDT},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9606146},
  year   = {2009}
}

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14 pages, LaTeX, Figure 4 included, Postscript Figs. 1-3 available at ftp://astro.nmsu.edu/pub/JASON/A1795/, accepted for publication in ApJ Letters