ROTATION CURVES OF SPIRAL GALAXIES

--- Based on our CO, HI and H-alpha Observations ---

　

1. LATEST PAPER:

"Central Rotation Curves of Spiral Galaxies" (html version)

Y. Sofue, Y. Tutui, M. Honma, A. Tomita, T. Takamiya, J. Koda and Y. Takeda

(Astrophysical Journal Vol. 523, pp136-146, 1999)

including nine Figures 1a-b, 2a-c, 3a-c, 4a-c, 5, 6a-c, 7a-b, 8, 9a-b,

and one Table 1 (Appendix: Figures A1(a), A1(b), A1(c), A1(d), A1(e) )

　

　

2. Data of Rotation Curves Sampled in this Paper:

Downloadable from here: alldata.tar.gz (123 KB; tar+gzipped)

<Text format suitable for graphic software; e.g., Gnuplot, Mongo, PGPLOT>

To access the data for individual galaxies, click the first column in the table below

(Click on the last column displays the shape of each rotation curve)

Name Alp (1950) Del (1950) Type Activity Interact P.A. Inclination D(Mpc) h(kpc) Fig.
Milky Way 　 　 Sb 　 　 　 90 0 　 A1a
NGC 224 00 40 00 +40 59 43 Sb 　 　 40 77 0.69 5.3 A1a
NGC 253 00 45 06 -25 33 40 Sc starburst 　 51 78.5 2.5 2.3 A1a
NGC 598 01 31 02 +30 24 15 Sc 　 　 22 54 0.79 2.7 A1a
NGC 660 01 40 21 +13 23 25 Sc 　 　 45 70 13 　 A1a
NGC 891 02 19 25 +42 07 19 Sb 　 　 19 88.3 8.9 4.2 A1a
NGC 1003 02 36 06 +40 39 28 Scd 　 　 97 66 9.52 　 A1a
NGC 1068 02 40 07 -00 13 32 Sb Seyfert 　 79 46 18.1 　 A1a
NGC 1097 02 44 11 -30 29 01 SBb Seyfert 　 135 40 16 　 A1a
NGC 1365 03 31 42 -36 18 27 SBb 　 　 222 46 15.6 5.8 A1b
NGC 1417 03 39 28 -04 51 50 Sb 　 　 175 50 54.1 　 A1b
IC 342 03 41 59 +67 56 26 Sc 　 　 40 25 3.9 　 A1a
UGC 2855 03 43 16 +69 58 46 SBc 　 　 112 61 28.77 4.6 A1b
NGC 1808 05 05 59 -37 34 37 Sbc starburst 　 138 58 11.4 　 A1b
UGC 03691 07 05 11 +15 15 33 Scd 　 　 65 65 30 　 A1c
NGC 2403 07 32 06 +65 42 40 Sc 　 　 125 60 3.3 2.13 A1b
NGC 2590 08 22 29 -00 25 42 Sb 　 　 77 71 64.5 2.1 A1b
NGC 2708 08 53 37 -03 10 05 Sb 　 　 20 68 24.6 　 A1b
NGC 2841 09 18 36 +51 11 24 Sb 　 　 150 68 9 2.3 A1b
NGC 2903 09 29 20 +21 43 19 Sc 　 　 21 60 6.1 1.9 A1b
NGC 3031 09 51 27 +69 18 08 Sb 　 　 152 59 3.25 2.5 A1b
NGC 3034 09 51 44 +69 55 01 I starburst yes 71 ~90 3.25 　 A1c
NGC 3079 09 58 35 +55 55 15 Sc jet 　 169 ~90 15.6 　 A1c
NGC 3198 10 16 52 +45 48 06 SBc 　 　 215 70 9.1 2.5 A1c
NGC 3495 10 58 41 +03 53 43 Sd 　 　 20 85 12.8 　 A1c
NGC 3521 11 03 16 +00 14 11 Sbc LINER 　 166 75 8.9 2.4 A1c
NGC 3628 11 17 49 +13 51 46 Sb/I 　 　 104 >86 6.7 　 A1c
NGC 3672 11 22 30 -09 31 12 Sc 　 　 8 67 28.4 　 A1c
NGC 4062 12 01 31 +32 10 26 Sc 　 　 100 68 9.7 　 A1c
NGC 4096 12 03 29 +47 45 20 Sc 　 　 20 73 12.22 　 A1c
NGC 4258 12 16 29 +47 34 53 Sbc 　 　 150 67 6.6 5.6 A1d
NGC 4303 12 19 22 +04 45 03 Sc 　 　 318 27 8.1 　 A1d
NGC 4321 12 20 23 +16 05 58 Sc 　 　 146 27 15 　 A1d
NGC 4448 12 25 46 +28 53 50 SBab 　 　 94 71 9.7 　 A1d
NGC 4527 12 31 35 +02 55 44 Sb 　 　 66 69 22 　 A1d
NGC 4565 12 33 52 +26 15 46 Sb 　 　 137 86 10.2 5.6 A1d
NGC 4569 12 34 19 +13 26 16 Sab LINER 　 23 63 8.2 　 A1d
NGC 4631 12 39 40 +32 48 48 Sc/I 　 yes 86 84 4.3 　 A1d
NGC 4736 12 48 32 +41 23 32 Sab 　 　 108 35 5.1 　 A1d
NGC 4945 13 02 32 -49 12 02 Sc/I 　 　 43 78 6.7 　 A1d
NGC 5033 13 11 09 +36 51 31 Sc 　 　 179 62 14 6 A1e
NGC 5055 13 13 35 +42 17 39 Sbc 　 　 103 55 8 3.8 A1e
NGC 5194 13 27 46 +47 27 22 Sc 　 yes 22 20 9.6 　 A1e
NGC 5236 13 34 12 -29 36 42 SBc 　 　 45 24 8.9 　 A1e
NGC 5457 14 01 26 +54 35 18 Sc 　 　 38 18 7.2 　 A1e
NGC 5907 15 14 36 +56 30 45 Sc 　 　 156 88 11.6 6 A1e
NGC 6674 18 36 31 +25 19 55 SBb 　 　 143 55 42.62 　 A1e
NGC 6946 20 33 49 +59 58 49 Sc 　 　 64 30 5.5 　 A1e
NGC 6951 20 36 37 +65 55 46 Sbc 　 　 154 48 18 　 A1e
NGC 7331 22 34 47 +34 09 21 Sbc LINER 　 167 75 14 4.7 A1e

Note: The data are taken from Papers I-IV. The scale radii have been adopted from Kent (1987), van der Kruit and Searle (1982), and Honma and Sofue (1997). (SB=starburst, LIN=LINER, INT=Interaction)