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Garcia-Lorenzo, B.; Mediavilla, E.; Arribas, S.; Del Burgo, C.
Bibliographical reference
Astrophysics and Space Science, Volume 248, Issue 1-2, pp. 43-49
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1997
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Description
We present the velocity field of the stars in the central 25″
× 22″ of NGC 1068 derived from 2-D spectroscopy of the Ca II
triplet. A preliminary analysis provides evidence for two distinct
stellar systems in the centre of NGC 1068. In the outer regions (say r
> 10″), the mean stellar velocity field seems coupled to those
of the ionized and molecular gas, indicating aproximately regular
rotation with the kinematic minor axis at PA ~ 0°. However, in the
inner region, the stars are rotating, whereas the ionized gas is
outflowing in the NE-SW direction probably due to the effects of the
nuclear activity, and the molecular gas is responding to the bar
potential.