A multi-frequency study of the Milky Way-like Spiral Galaxy NGC 6744

Miranda Yew; Miroslav D. Filipovic; Quentin Roper; Jordan D. Collier; Evan J. Crawford; Thomas H. Jarrett; Nicholas F. H. Tothill; Andrew N. O'Brien; Marko Z. Pavlovic; Thomas G. Pannuti; Timothy J. Galvin; Anna D. Kapinska; Michelle E. Cluver; Julie K. Banfield; Eric M. Schlegel; Nigel Maxted; Kevin R. Grieve

A multi-frequency study of the Milky Way-like Spiral Galaxy NGC 6744

Miranda Yew, Miroslav D. Filipovic, Quentin Roper, Jordan D. Collier, Evan J. Crawford, Thomas H. Jarrett, Nicholas F. H. Tothill, Andrew N. O'Brien, Marko Z. Pavlovic, Thomas G. Pannuti, Timothy J. Galvin, Anna D. Kapinska, Michelle E. Cluver, Julie K. Banfield, Eric M. Schlegel, Nigel Maxted, Kevin R. Grieve

Western Sydney University

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We present a multi-frequency study of the intermediate spiral SAB(r)bc type galaxy NGC 6744, using available data from the Chandra X-Ray telescope, radio continuum data from the Australia Telescope Compact Array and Murchison Widefield Array, and Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer infrared observations. We identify 117 X-ray sources and 280 radio sources. Of these, we find nine sources in common between the X-ray and radio catalogues, one of which is a faint central black hole with a bolometric radio luminosity similar to the MilkyWay's central black hole.We classify 5 objects as supernova remnant (SNR) candidates, 2 objects as likely SNRs, 17 as H II regions, 1 source as an AGN; the remaining 255 radio sources are categorised as background objects and one X-ray source is classified as a foreground star.We find the star-formation rate (SFR) of NGC 6744 to be in the range 2.8-4.7 M⊙ yr-1. signifying the galaxy is still actively forming stars. The specific SFR of NGC 6744 is greater than that of late-type spirals such as the MilkyWay, but considerably less that that of a typical starburst galaxy.

Original language	English
Article number	e015
Number of pages	14
Journal	Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
Volume	35
Publication status	Published - 2018

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X-ray astronomy
spiral galaxies
supernova remnants

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Yew, M., Filipovic, M. D., Roper, Q., Collier, J. D., Crawford, E. J., Jarrett, T. H., Tothill, N. F. H., O'Brien, A. N., Pavlovic, M. Z., Pannuti, T. G., Galvin, T. J., Kapinska, A. D., Cluver, M. E., Banfield, J. K., Schlegel, E. M., Maxted, N., & Grieve, K. R. (2018). A multi-frequency study of the Milky Way-like Spiral Galaxy NGC 6744. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 35, Article e015.

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A multi-frequency study of the Milky Way-like Spiral Galaxy NGC 6744

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