Discrete Radio Sources in the Spiral Galaxy NGC 6946

April 2000 • 2000AJ....119.1711H

Authors • Hyman, Scott D. • Lacey, Christina K. • Weiler, Kurt W. • Van Dyk, Schuyler D.

Abstract • We analyze the 2"-resolution, high-sensitivity radio continuum observations of the nearby spiral galaxy NGC 6946 at 6 and 20 cm by Lacey, Duric, & Goss to derive a luminosity function at each wavelength for 43 H II region candidates and for 15 supernova remnant (SNR) candidates. The H II region radio luminosity functions are best fitted by power laws consistent with the shape of the optical luminosity function of Bonnarel, Boulsteix, & Marcelin. The SNR luminosity functions are fitted by considerably steeper power laws than the H II region luminosity functions. Extinctions to the H II regions are estimated from a comparison of radio flux densities with new optical fluxes derived from the Hα observations of Van Dyk. A dependence of extinction on galactocentric radius is investigated, but none is found.

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