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A dust radiative transfer study of the edge-on spiral galaxy NGC 5908

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 February 2015

G. De Geyter ,
M. Baes ,
P. Camps ,
J. Fritz  and
S. Viaene
G. De Geyter
Affiliation:
Sterrenkundig Observatorium, Universiteit Gent, Belgium
M. Baes
Affiliation:
Sterrenkundig Observatorium, Universiteit Gent, Belgium
P. Camps
Affiliation:
Sterrenkundig Observatorium, Universiteit Gent, Belgium
J. Fritz
Affiliation:
Sterrenkundig Observatorium, Universiteit Gent, Belgium
S. Viaene
Affiliation:
Sterrenkundig Observatorium, Universiteit Gent, Belgium
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Abstract

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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.

References

De Geyter, G., Baes, M., Fritz, J., & Camps, P. 2013, A&A, 550, A74Google Scholar
De Geyter, G., Baes, M., Camps, P., et al. 2014, MNRAS, 441, 869Google Scholar