- HST Pixel Analysis of NGC 5194
- ㆍ 저자명
- Lee. Joon-Hyeop,Park. Hong-Soo,Kim. Sang-Chul,Kyung. Jae-Mann,Sung. Eon-Chang,Ree. Chang-H.,Chung. Ji-Won
- ㆍ 간행물명
- 천문학회보
- ㆍ 권/호정보
- 2010년|35권 2호|pp.27-27 (1 pages)
- ㆍ 발행정보
- 한국천문학회
- ㆍ 파일정보
- 정기간행물| PDF텍스트
- ㆍ 주제분야
- 기타
We report the HST pixel analysis results of the interacting face-on spiral galaxy, NGC 5194 (M51), which is the first step of a new observational research project, PANCluG (Pixel Analysis of Nearby Cluster Galaxies). We derive several quantities describing the pixel color-magnitude diagram (pCMD) of NGC 5194, suitable for future comparisons with the pCMDs of other galaxies. We investigate the spatial distribution of pixel stellar populations, finding that the spiral arm pattern and the tidal interaction with NGC 5195 significantly affect the stellar populations in NGC 5194. We find that the pixels corresponding to the central active galactic nucleus (AGN) of NGC 5194 show a very tight sequence in the bright-end of the pCMD, of which spatial distribution seems to agree with the AGN torus region.