Abstract
A rotating and expanding flattened distribution of gas is suggested by measurements of the emission line velocity field for the line elliptical/lenticular galaxy NGC 3998, using seven long slit spectrograms in five position angles. Expanding material kinetic energy values of 10 to the 53rd to 10 to the 54th ergs, together with the flat spectrum radio source and nucleus X-ray emission, indicate pronounced nuclear activity. Spectrophotometry of the galactic nucleus shows emission line strengths typical of shocks rather than of photoionization, and line ratios indicate a postshock temperature of 60,000 K and a preshock density of 25 particles/cu cm. Both the stars and the ionized gas of the galaxy have central velocity dispersions of 260 km/s. In view of the high rotational velocity of the stars, NGC 3998 is a lenticular rather than elliptical galaxy.
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