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The halo of NGC 891 has been the subject of studies for more than a decade. One of its most striking features is the large asymmetry in H$\alpha$ emission. In this letter, we will take a quantitative look at this asymmetry at different…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 P. Kamphuis , B. W. Holwerda , R. J. Allen , R. F. Peletier , P. C. van der Kruit

Observations of edge-on galaxies allow us to investigate the vertical extent and properties of dust, gas and stellar distributions. NGC 891 has been studied for decades and represents one of the best studied cases of an edge-on galaxy. We…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-01-25 M. Bocchio , S. Bianchi , L. K. Hunt , R. Schneider

We analyse Herschel/SPIRE images of the edge-on spiral galaxy NGC 891 at 250, 350 and 500 micron. Using a 3D radiative transfer model we confirm that the dust has a radial fall-off similar to the stellar disk. The dust disk shows a break at…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Simone Bianchi , Emmanuel Xilouris

We present a multi-wavlength infrared study of the nearby, edge-on, spiral galaxy NGC 891. We have examined 20 independent, spatially resolved IR images of this galaxy, 14 of which are newly reduced and/or previously unpublished images.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 C. Whaley , J. Irwin , S. Madden , F. Galliano , G. Bendo

We report the detection of vertically extended far-ultraviolet (FUV) and near-UV emissions in an edge-on spiral galaxy NGC 891, which we interpret as being due to dust-scattered starlight. Three-dimensional radiative transfer models are…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-19 Kwang-Il Seon , Adolf N. Witt , Jong-Ho Shinn , Il-Joong Kim

We investigate the connection between dust and gas in the nearby edge-on spiral galaxy NGC 891. High resolution Herschel PACS and SPIRE 70, 100, 160, 250, 350, and 500 $\mu$m images are combined with JCMT SCUBA 850 $\mu$m observations to…

We compare 850um SCUBA images of NGC 891 with the corresponding V-band optical depth predicted from radiation transfer simulations. These two tracers of dust show a very similar distribution along the minor axis and a reasonable agreement…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 P. B. Alton , E. M. Xilouris , S. Bianchi , J. Davies , N. Kylafis

We present deep far-infrared observations of the nearby edge-on galaxy NGC 891 obtained with the Herschel Space Observatory and the Spitzer Space Telescope. The maps confirm the detection of thermal emission from the inner circumgalactic…

We present new, deep optical images (BVI+H-alpha) of the interstellar medium (ISM) far above the plane of NGC 891. These sub-arcsecond images give a direct visual view of two physically distinct ``phases'' of the thick interstellar disk of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 J. Christopher Howk , Blair D. Savage

We present high-resolution (<0.65") optical broad-band images of the edge-on Sb galaxy NGC 891 obtained with the WIYN 3.5-m telescope. These BVR images reveal a complex network of hundreds of dust absorbing structures far from the mid-plane…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-05-29 J. Christopher Howk , Blair D. Savage

We probe the disk structure of the nearby, massive, edge-on spiral galaxy NGC 891 with sub-arcsecond resolution JHKs-band images covering ~+/-10 kpc in radius and +/-5 kpc in height. We measure intrinsic surface brightness profiles using…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-07-26 Andrew Schechtman-Rook , Matthew A. Bershady

We present deep narrowband observations with high spatial resolution of extraplanar diffuse ionized gas in the halo of NGC891, obtained with the WFPC2 on-board the HST. Our H-alpha observations, centered on the northern part of NGC891,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Joern Rossa , Ralf-Juergen Dettmar , Rene A. M. Walterbos , Colin A. Norman

We produce three-dimensional Monte-Carlo radiative transfer models of the edge-on spiral galaxy NGC 891, a fast-rotating galaxy thought to be an analogue to the Milky Way. The models contain realistic spiral arms and a fractal distribution…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-01-27 Andrew Schechtman-Rook , Matthew A. Bershady , Kenneth Wood

The thickness of the neutral hydrogen layer, coupled with the rotation curve, traces the outer dark matter potential. We estimate the amplitude of the flaring in spiral galaxies from a 3D model of the HI gas. Warps in particular are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. -F. Becquaert , F. Combes

Dust attenuation of an inclined galaxy can cause additional asymmetries in observations, even if the galaxy has a perfectly symmetric structure. {Taking advantage of the integral field spectroscopic data observed by the SDSS-IV MaNGA…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-05-05 Fang-Ting Yuan , Jiafeng Lu , Shiyin Shen , Médéric Boquien

Two long-slit spectra of the diffuse ionized gas in NGC 891 are presented. The first reveals variations parallel to the major axis in emission line ratios in the halo gas at z=700 pc. It is found that filaments of Halpha emission show lower…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Richard J. Rand

The detailed distribution of dust in the disks of spiral galaxies is important to understanding the radiative transfer within disks, and to measuring overall dust masses if significant quantities of dust are either very opaque or very cold.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Donovan L. Domingue , William C. Keel , Stuart D. Ryder , Raymond E. White

Crescent-like asymmetric dust structures discovered in protoplanetary disks indicate dust aggregations. Thus, the research on them helps us understand the planet formation process. Here we analyze the ALMA data of the protoplanetary disk…

We present deep maps of dust emission from the edge-on spiral galaxy NGC 891, obtained with the ISOPHOT instrument on board the Infrared Space Observatory in broad band filters with reference wavelengths centered on 170 and 200 micron.…

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