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Paper: |
High Resolution HI Mapping of the Tidal Dwarf Candidate in NGC 4038/9 |
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240, Gas and Galaxy Evolution: A Conference in Honor of the 20th Anniversary of the VLA |
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226 |
Authors: |
Hibbard, J. E.; Higdon, J. L. |
Abstract: |
We present preliminary results of high-resolution (4'' FWHM) VLA B-array observations of the HI in the tidal tail of the well known merging pair, NGC 4038/9, ``The Antennae''. The end of the southern tail contains a concentration of gas, blue light, and star-forming regions which has been identified as a possible dwarf galaxy in formation. We identify two regions with very large gas column densities, one in the vicinity of the star-forming regions at the tip of the southern tail and the other near the base of the southern tail. |
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