Hubble space telescope observations of NGC 6240: A case study of an ultraluminous infrared galaxy with obscured activity

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 127, Issue 1 1777, 2004, Pages 75-89

  Gerssen, Joris ^a   Van Der Marel, Roeland P ^a   Axon, David ^b   Mihos, J Christopher ^c   Hernquist, Lars ^d   Barnes, Joshua E ^e  

^a AURA for the European Space Agency   (United States)

^b ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: interactions; Galaxies: kinematics and dynamics; Galaxies: nuclei; Galaxies: starburst; Galaxies: structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842660891     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/380223     Document Type: Article

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