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The H I content of the advanced merger NGC 4441

2008; EDP Sciences; Volume: 484; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1051/0004-6361

1432-0746

E. Manthey, S. Aalto, Susanne Hüttemeister, Tom Oosterloo,

Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing

Context. NGC 4441 is a candidate for a merger between a spiral and an elliptical galaxy (S+E merger), because it shows typical tidal structures such as an optical tail and two shells. With a far-infrared luminosity of ~5109 this galaxy belongs to the class of moderate luminosity mergers, in which the merging process induces (if at all) only a moderate starburst.