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Table 3

Properties of spiral arms in the S4G.

Galaxy Classification Type Segment α r i r o Quality
(Buta et al. 2015) (Buta et al. 2015) (deg) (arcsec) (arcsec)

ESO 012-010 SA(s)d F sp1 –40.8 33.2 93.4 1.0
ESO 012-010 SA(s)d F sp2 –32.2 37.3 90.4 1.0
ESO 026-001 (R)SAB(s)d M sp1 –13.3 26.5 47.2 2.0
ESO 026-001 (R)SAB(s)d M sp2 –12.0 24.9 49.1 2.0
ESO 027-001 SA(s)c M sp1 36.9 21.2 38.1 1.0
ESO 027-001 SA(s)c M sp2 5.7 39.9 46.4 1.0
ESO 027-001 SA(s)c M sp3 28.7 48.4 110.6 1.0
ESO 027-001 SA(s)c M sp4 2.9 112.4 120.0 1.0
ESO 027-001 SA(s)c M sp5 15.2 29.3 109.1 1.0
ESO 027-008 SAB(s)c G sp1 17.2 22.5 67.3 1.0
ESO 027-008 SAB(s)c G sp2 10.4 23.3 39.5 1.0
ESO 027-008 SAB(s)c G sp3 30.1 41.3 79.4 1.0
ESO 027-008 SAB(s)c G sp4 48.6 29.4 85.1 1.0
ESO 054-021 (R)SAB(s)m pec F sp1 28.9 26.4 139.1 2.0
ESO 054-021 (R)SAB(s)m pec F sp2 29.6 34.2 153.5 2.0
ESO 116-012 SA(s)m sp F sp1 –8.6 61.1 84.3 2.0
ESO 116-012 SA(s)m sp F sp2 –58.5 21.0 59.9 2.0
ESO 238-018 SA(s)dm F sp1 –7.0 17.8 24.5 2.0
ESO 238-018 SA(s)dm F sp2 –40.9 9.0 14.9 2.0
ESO 287-037 SAB(s)dm F sp1 8.2 36.6 47.5 2.0
ESO 287-037 SAB(s)dm F sp2 7.9 33.3 38.4 2.0
ESO 288-013 SA(s)dm F sp1 –7.8 26.9 37.0 2.0
ESO 288-013 SA(s)dm F sp2 –1.2 36.9 37.9 2.0
ESO 288-013 SA(s)dm F sp3 –27.2 15.8 38.3 2.0
ESO 289-026 SAB(s)d G sp1 28.8 46.9 92.5 2.0
ESO 289-026 SAB(s)d G sp2 39.2 36.4 88.9 2.0
ESO 340-042 SB(s)m F sp1 –31.8 20.9 62.3 2.0
ESO 340-042 SB(s)m F sp2 –46.4 18.9 33.2 2.0
ESO 340-042 SB(s)m F sp3 –22.8 33.8 59.3 2.0
ESO 340-042 SB(s)m F sp4 –4.1 60.2 64.0 2.0
ESO 342-050 SA(s)bc M sp1 –32.2 13.0 30.8 1.0
ESO 342-050 SA(s)bc M sp2 –19.6 30.3 87.7 1.0
ESO 342-050 SA(s)bc M sp3 –33.6 20.4 80.8 1.0
ESO 342-050 SA(s)bc M sp4 –15.5 25.4 50.6 1.0
ESO 355-026 SA(r)bc M sp1 –11.9 17.0 49.0 2.0
ESO 355-026 SA(r)bc M sp2 –18.0 14.2 38.4 2.0
ESO 355-026 SA(r)bc M sp3 –60.9 19.4 36.3 2.0
ESO 355-026 SA(r)bc M sp4 –14.2 38.0 43.9 2.0
ESO 404-027 SAB(s)b: G sp1 21.4 24.2 64.2 1.0
ESO 404-027 SAB(s)b: G sp2 5.8 65.4 83.0 1.0
ESO 404-027 SAB(s)b: G sp3 14.2 29.2 60.9 1.0
ESO 407-009 SA(s)b M sp1 –20.2 23.9 86.8 2.0
ESO 407-009 SA(s)b M sp2 –7.7 29.9 41.8 2.0
ESO 440-011 SB(rs)cd M sp1 –42.2 34.6 84.8 2.0
ESO 440-011 SB(rs)cd M sp2 –15.1 85.7 106.9 2.0
ESO 440-011 SB(rs)cd M sp3 –19.0 34.4 59.8 2.0
ESO 443-069 (R)SB(rs)dm M sp1 –8.3 36.3 45.4 2.0
ESO 443-069 (R)SB(rs)dm M sp2 –38.1 26.7 55.6 2.0
ESO 443-069 (R)SB(rs)dm M sp3 –7.1 57.5 80.0 2.0
ESO 443-069 (R)SB(rs)dm M sp4 –26.7 45.1 73.5 2.0
ESO 443-085 SB(s)d M sp1 –19.8 22.8 45.0 2.0
ESO 443-085 SB(s)d M sp2 –17.9 21.5 42.1 2.0
ESO 485-021 SAB(s)d G sp1 50.3 32.5 66.0 2.0
ESO 485-021 SAB(s)d G sp2 13.0 73.2 98.3 2.0
ESO 485-021 SAB(s)d G sp3 46.5 32.6 66.7 2.0
ESO 485-021 SAB(s)d G sp4 12.6 68.3 96.8 2.0

Notes.Type of spiral arms, the pitch angle (α), the inner (ri), and the outer radius (ro) are given for every spiral segment (see the catalogue web page). The type of spiral arms are taken from Buta et al. (2015): G for grand design, M for multiple, and F for flocculent spiral arms. Our estimation of the quality of the fit is also given (1.0 = good; 2.0 = acceptable).

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