The Phenomenon of the Galaxy NGC 6286: A Forming Polar Ring or a Superwind?статья
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Аннотация:We present our observations of the pair of interacting galaxies NGC 6285/86 carried out with the 6-m Special Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) telescope using 1D and 2D spectroscopy. The observations of NGC 6286 with a long-slit spectrograph (UAGS) near the H_alpha line revealed the rotation of the gaseous disk around an axis offset by 5”-7” from the photometric center and a luminous gas at a distance up to 9 kpc in a direction perpendicular to the galactic plane. Using a multipupil fiber spectrograph (MPFS), we constructed the velocity fields of the stellar and gaseous components in the central region of this galaxy, which proved to be similar. The close radial velocities of the pair and the wide (5’ x 5’) field of view of the scanning Fabry-Perot interferometer (IFP) allowed us to simultaneously obtain images in the H_alpha and [N II] lambda 6583 lines and in the continuum, as well as to construct the radial velocity fields and to map the distribution of the [N II] lambda 6583/H_alpha ratio for both galaxies. Based on all these data, we studied the gas kinematics in the galaxies, constructed their rotation curves, and estimated their masses (2 x 10\^$$11$$ M_solar for NGC 6286 and 1.2 x 10\^$$10$$ M_solar for NGC 6285). We found no evidence of gas rotation around the major axis of NGC 6286, which argues against the assumption that this galaxy has a forming polar ring. The IFP observations revealed an emission nebula around this galaxy with a structure characteristic of superwind galaxies. The large [N II] lambda 6583/H_aplha ratio, which suggests the collisional excitation of its emission, and the high infrared luminosity are additional arguments for the hypothesis of a superwind in the galaxy NGC 6286. A close encounter between the two galaxies was probably responsible for the starburst and the bipolar outflow of hot gas from the central region of the disk.