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Peculiar velocities of 3000 spiral galaxies from the 2MFGC catalog

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The 2MFGC catalog we have used contains 18020 galaxies selected from the extended objects in the 2MASS infrared sky survey as having apparent ratios of the axes b/a<0.3. Most of them are spiral galaxies of later morphological types whose disks are seen almost edge-on. The individual distances to the 2724 2MFGC galaxies with known rotation velocities and radial velocities are determined using a multiparameter infrared Tully-Fisher relation. A list of the distances and peculiar velocities of these galaxies is presented. The collective motion of the 2MFGC galaxies relative to the cosmic microwave background is characterized by a velocity V = 199 ± 37 km/s in the direction l = 304° ±11°, b = −8°±8°. Our list is currently the most representative and uniform sample for analyzing non-Hubble motions of galaxies on a scale of ∼100 Mpc.

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  1. Special Astrophysical Observatory, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

    I. D. Karachentsev & S. N. Mitronova

  2. Astronomical Observatory of the Taras Shevchenko Kiev National University, Ukraine

    Yu. N. Kudrya & V. E. Karachentseva

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Translated from Astrofizika, Vol. 49, No. 4, pp. 527–540 (November 2006).

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Karachentsev, I.D., Kudrya, Y.N., Karachentseva, V.E. et al. Peculiar velocities of 3000 spiral galaxies from the 2MFGC catalog. Astrophysics 49, 450–461 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10511-006-0044-9

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