A dust radiative transfer study of the edge-on spiral galaxy NGC 5908. Issue Volume 10:Issue S309(2014) (9th February 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: De Geyter, G.; Baes, M.; Camps, P.; Fritz, J.; Viaene, S.
• Editors: Ziegler, Bodo L.; Combes, Françoise; Dannerbauer, Helmut; Verdugo, Miguel
• Is Part Of: Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. Volume 10:Issue S309(2014)
• Page Start: 309
• Page End: 309
• Publication Date: 2015-02-09
• Subjects: Astronomy -- Congresses; Astronomy -- Periodicals; 520
• DOI: 10.1017/S1743921314010059
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1743-9213

Abstract

Abstract: We present a dust radiative transfer analysis of the edge-on spiral galaxy NGC 5908. In our previous analysis, it was found that the standard assumption of a double-exponential dust distribution resulted in a poor fit. We investigate the possibility of the dust being distributed in one or more rings. The parameters are constrained using FitSKIRT, a code used to automatically determine the best fitting radiative transfer model given a set of observations. We discuss the possible implications of this dust distribution on the predicted spectral energy distribution.