Towards an Interaction Model of M81, M82 and Ngc 3077

  • R. C. Thomson
  • S. Laine
  • A. Turnbull
Conference paper
Part of the International Astronomical Union book series (IAUS, volume 186)

Abstract

Thomson (1992) suggested that the Cen A group of galaxies may be the result of one interaction. Here we report full N-body simulations made to study this proposal in the M81-M82-NGC 3077 group.

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References

  1. Thomson, R.C. 1992, MNRAS, 257, 689ADSGoogle Scholar

Copyright information

© Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1999

Authors and Affiliations

  • R. C. Thomson
    • 1
  • S. Laine
    • 1
  • A. Turnbull
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of Physical SciencesUniversity of HertfordshireHatfieldUK

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