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Table 2.

General parameters of NGC 5257 and NGC 5258.

Parameter NGC 5257 NGC 5258 Reference
Coordinates (J2000)a α = 13h39m52.91s α = 13h39m57.70s
δ = +00 ° 5024.5 δ = +00 ° 4951.1
Morphological type SABba SBba
SAB(s)b pec HII LIRGb SA(s)b:pec; HII LINERb
SA(rs)b pec SABb pec 1
Heliocentric systemic 6800 ± 4a,c 6782 ± 9a,c
velocity (km s−1) 6764d 6765d 2
Redshiftb 0.022676 0.022539
Distance (Mpc) 98.0 97.4 3
100.3e 99.7e
Morphological position anglea (°) 83.1 178
Morphological inclinationa (°) 58 34
mB (mag) 11.23 14.05 1
mR (mag) 10.28 13.18 1
(mag) 10.084 ± 0.047 9.962 ± 0.039 4
(B − I) 1.59 1.47 1
g 11.03 13.90 1
h 0.51 0.42 1
R25 = D25/2 in arcsec (kpc) 53.3 (25.8) 49.8 (24.1) 5
RK20 f in arcsec (kpc) 29.9 (14.49) 37.6 (18.22) 4
R i in arcsec (kpc) 17.98 (8.71) 18.04 (8.75)
Mean surface brightness
Within 25 isophote (mag/arcsec−2) 22.74 23.26 1
L (106L) 5 6 6
LIR (1011L) 1.7 For the whole pair 7
2.7 For the whole pair 8
LFIR (1011L) 1.7 9
2.0 For the whole pair 6
1.5 For the whole pair 8
2.0 For the whole pair 10
LIR/LB 12.0 For the whole pair 7
Maximum rotation velocity (km s−1) 248 ± 10a 387 ± 19a
270j 250j 2
Dynamical mass (1011M) 0.28k 1.10k 2
Mass in HI (in 1010M) 1.2 0.98 6
3.39 For the whole pair 2
Mass in H2 (in 1010M) 1.32 2.40 2
SFRl (M yr−1) 27.8 24.9 2,11

Notes.

(a)

HyperLEDA.

(b)

NED.

(c)

From radio observations.

(d)

Median velocity of the CO(1-0) spectrum.

(e)

From redshift value.

(f)

2MASS database k_m_k20fe value.

(g)

Total corrected magnitude in the RC3 system.

(h)

Total corrected colour index in the RC3 system.

(i)

This work.

(j)

From rotation curve with no inclination correction.

(k)

Derived from the maximum radial extent of the CO(1-0) emission: 4.7 kpc (0.18 R25) for NGC 5257, 12 kpc (0.50 R25) for NGC 5258, and the observed rotational velocity divided by sin90.

(l)

From L1.4 GHz.

References. (1) Hernández-Toledo & Puerari (2001); (2) Iono et al. (2005); (3) Mould et al. (2000); (4) (Skrutskie et al. 2006); (5) de Vaucouleurs et al. (1991); (6) Sofue et al. (1993); (7) Bushouse et al. (1998); (8) Dopita et al. (2002); (9) Casasola et al. (2004); (10) Georgakakis et al. (2000); (11) Yun et al. (2001).

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