Dwarf Galaxies NGC 2537 and IC 2233

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Description

A collection of radio and optical images of NGC 2537 and its companion to the south, IC 2233. NGC 2537 is also known as the peculiar galaxy Arp 6 or, because of its distinctive optical appearance, as the "Bear Claw". Clockwise (from the upper left panel) are the distribution of total atomic hydrogen (HI) shown as both contours and greyscales; the velocity distribution of the HI contoured upon the total HI map; color-coded HI velocity field (red indicates gas which is moving away from us, blue gas that is moving towards us); and the total HI map contoured upon an optical image from the Digital Sky Survey.
Contour levels on the total HI maps are 0.15, 0.3, 0.6, 1.2, and 2.4 x 10<sup>20</sup> cm<sup>-2</sup>. The gray scales in the first two panels are in units of 10<sup>20</sup> cm<sup>-2</sup>.

Creator

Legacy Astronomical Images

Rights

NRAO/AUI/NSF does not hold full copyright for this image. Contact the archivist for details.

Type

Legacy Astronomical Image

Object Name

NGC2537

Investigators

E. M. Wilcots, M. K. Prescott

Telescope

Very Large Array (VLA)
DSS

Observation Date

2002-00-00

Type of Observation

spectral line

Wavelength

21 cm

Frequency

1420.4 MHz

Species

HI

Center of Image

RA 8:13:14.630, Dec: 45:59:29.600 (J2000)

Field of View

0.500000 x 0.500000 degrees

Link to NRAO Newsletter article

Notes

Contact the archivist for a high resolution tif of this image.

Series

Galaxies Series

Unit

Dwarf Unit

Citation

Legacy Astronomical Images, “Dwarf Galaxies NGC 2537 and IC 2233,” NRAO/AUI Archives, accessed March 28, 2024, https://www.nrao.edu/archives/items/show/33536.