[vsnet-chat 3195] re IRAS20018-1122

[no name <crawl@zoom.co.uk>]

Taichi Kato wrote :

> IRAS20018-1122
>
>              Is this a galaxy again?

& =

> ROSAT:
>
>              200433.4 -111344 (2000.0) 1RXS-F_J200433.5-111345

whilst Brian Skiff said of the same object[s]:

> Any IRAS object with 25/60/100-micron detections and where the
> 12-micron flux is less than the 25-micron flux is some sort of
> nonstellar
> object: PN, HII region, galaxy. Galaxies usually peak at either 60 or
> 100 microns. At any rate, things without strong 12-micron IRAS flux
> should
> be looked at on sky survey plates.

The Lyons group have this galaxy as MIG0856362 of blue integrated mag
16.0.  Quality is flagged as "excellent", which usually means that the
identification of the object with a galaxy is felt very sound.

John

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