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The detection of spiral arm modulation in the mass distribution of an optically flocculent galaxy

Ivanio Puerari, David L. Block, Bruce G. Elmegreen, Jay A. Frogel, Paul B. Eskridge

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/0010532

Abstract

Spiral arm modulation in NGC 4062 (an optical flocculent) is detected for the first time; the Fourier spectra of NGC 4062 and NGC 5248 (a classic grand design in optical images) are almost identical.

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