The Luminosity Function and Size Distribution of HII Regions in NGC 1365

dc.contributor.author	Ravindranath, S
dc.contributor.author	Prabhu, T. P
dc.date.accessioned	2008-07-29T04:42:53Z
dc.date.available	2008-07-29T04:42:53Z
dc.date.issued	2001-03
dc.identifier.citation	Astrophysics and Space Science, Vol. 276, No. 2 - 4, pp. 429-436	en
dc.identifier.issn	0004-640X
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2248/2919
dc.description	Restricted Access	en
dc.description.abstract	We present the HII region luminosity function and size distribution obtained for the HII regions in NGC 1365. The diameters were corrected for the effects of seeing using a Wiener image restoration procedure. The luminosities and sizes were calculated using the Cepheid distance of 18+/-2 Mpc, to NGC 1365. We find good correlation between the H_α luminosities and other properties, such as absolute magnitudes and sizes of the HII regions within this galaxy. We find that the HII region luminosity function can be fitted by a power law of slope α=-2.29±0.11, which is consistent with what is expected for its Hubble type. Also, the size distribution of the HII regions can be represented by an exponential form.	en
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dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Springer	en
dc.relation.uri	http://www.springerlink.com/content/j2371t353v161l18/	en
dc.subject	HII Region Luminosity	en
dc.subject	HII Regions in NGC 1365	en
dc.subject	Galaxy	en
dc.subject	Hubble Type	en
dc.title	The Luminosity Function and Size Distribution of HII Regions in NGC 1365	en
dc.type	Article	en