Optical and CO Radio Observations of Poor Cluster Zwicky 1615.8+3505
Author(s) -
Akihiko Tomita,
H. Maehara,
Tsutomu T. Takeuchi,
Kouichiro Nakanishi,
Mareki Honma,
Y. Tutui,
Yoshiaki Sofue
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
publications of the astronomical society of japan
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.99
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 2053-051X
pISSN - 0004-6264
DOI - 10.1093/pasj/51.3.285
Subject(s) - physics , astrophysics , photometry (optics) , galaxy , galaxy cluster , brightest cluster galaxy , cluster (spacecraft) , astronomy , star formation , stars , computer science , programming language
The cluster Zwicky 1615.8+3505 is considered to be a dynamically young poorcluster. To investigate the morphology and star-formation activity of galaxiesunder the environment of a dynamically young poor cluster, we have performed V,R, and I surface photometry, optical low-resolution spectroscopy, and 12CO(J=1-0) line observations for member galaxies. Our data show that more than 90%of the observed galaxies show regular morphologies and no star-formationactivities, indicating that the environment does not affect these galaxyproperties. Among sixteen galaxies observed, only NGC 6104 shows a significantstar-formation activity, and shows a distorted morphology, indicating a tidalinteraction. This galaxy contains double knots, and only one knot possessesSeyfert activity, though the sizes and luminosities are similar to each other;we also discuss this feature.Comment: LaTeX manuscript (text.tex, use PASJ style files), four PS figures (fig[a-d].ps), and three PASJ style files. text.tex, figb.ps, and figd.ps are up-dated. To be appeared in The Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, Vol. 51, No. 3 (1999 June issue
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