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ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS
Volume 528, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
EDP SCIENCES S A
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201016353
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galaxies: individual: NGC 4486A; galaxies: elliptical and lenticular, cD; galaxies: kinematics and dynamics; galaxies: stellar content
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- INSU/CNRS
- AMADEUS [PHC19451XM]
- Flander region
- France (Tournesol)
- Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation [AYA2007-67752-C03-01]
- Bulgarian Scientific Research Fund [DO 02-85/2008]
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Context. NGC 4486A is a low-luminosity elliptical galaxy harbouring an edge-on nuclear disk of stars and dust. It is known to host a super-massive black hole. Aims. We study its large-scale kinematics and stellar population along the major axis to investigate the link between the nuclear and global properties. Methods. We use long-slit medium-resolution optical spectra that we fit against stellar population models. Results. The SSP-equivalent age is about 12 Gyr old throughout the body of the galaxy, and its metallicity decreases from [Fe/H] = 0.18 near the centre to sub-solar values in the outskirts. The metallicity gradient is -0.24 dex per decade of radius within the effective isophote. The velocity dispersion is 132 +/- 3 km s(-1) at 1.3 '' from the centre and decreases outwards. The rotation velocity reaches a maximum V(max) greater than or similar to 115 +/- 5 km s(-1) at a radius 1.3 < r(max) < 2 ''. Conclusions. NGC 4486A appears to be a typical low-luminosity elliptical galaxy. There is no signature in the stellar population of the possible ancient accretion/merging event that produced the disk.
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