Vacuum ultraviolet imagery of the Virgo Cluster region. II - Total far-ultraviolet flux of galaxies

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view Abstract Citations (19) References (78) Co-Reads Similar Papers Volume Content Graphics Metrics Export Citation NASA/ADS Vacuum Ultraviolet Imagery of the Virgo Cluster Region. II. Total Far-Ultraviolet Flux of Galaxies Kodaira, K. ; Watanabe, T. ; Onaka, T. ; Tanaka, W. Abstract The total flux in the far-ultraviolet region around 150 nm was measured for more than 40 galaxies in the central region of the Virgo Cluster, using two imaging telescopes on board a sounding rocket. The observed far-ultraviolet flux shows positive correlations with the H I 21 cm flux and the far-infrared flux for spiral galaxies, and with the X-ray flux and the radio continuum flux for elliptical galaxies. The former correlations of spiral galaxies are interpreted in terms of star formation activity, which indicates substantial depletion in the Virgo galaxies in accordance with the H I stripping. The latter correlations of elliptical galaxies indicate possible far-ultraviolet sources of young population, in addition to evolved hot stars. Far- ultraviolet fluxes from two dwarf elliptical galaxies were obtained tentatively, indicating star formation activity in elliptical galaxies. A high-resolution UV imagery by HST would be effective to distinguish the young population and the old population in elliptical galaxies. Publication: The Astrophysical Journal Pub Date: November 1990 DOI: 10.1086/169355 Bibcode: 1990ApJ...363..422K Keywords: Astronomical Photometry; Far Ultraviolet Radiation; Virgo Galactic Cluster; Color-Color Diagram; Elliptical Galaxies; Hot Stars; Spiral Galaxies; Astrophysics; GALAXIES: CLUSTERING; GALAXIES: PHOTOMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET: GENERAL full text sources ADS | data products SIMBAD (100) NED (89) MAST (1) Related Materials (2) Part 1: 1989ApJ...342..238O Part 3: 1991ApJ...379..532O