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HI properties of nearby galaxies from a volume-limited sample

I. D. Karachentsev, D. I. Makarov, W. K. Huchtmeier

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/9907384

Abstract

We consider global HI and optical properties of about three hundred nearby galaxies with V0 < 500 km/s. The majority of them have individual photometric distance estimates. The galaxy sample parameters, e.g. their linear diameters, their HI mass-to-luminosity ratio, their total mass-to-luminosity ratio, their mean optical surface brightness show some known and some new correlations implying a meaningful dynamic explanation. For the LV galaxies their HI mass and angular momentum follow a nearly linear relation expected for rotating gaseous disks being near the threashold of gravitational instability, favourable for active star formation.

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