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Table · dataset · 2001

NGC 3109 X-ray sources

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We established the catalog of X-ray point sources in the field of the Magellanic-type spiral galaxy NGC 3109 (DDO 236) from two ROSAT PSPC observations.

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Of the 91 X-ray sources 26 are contained within the HI extent of NGC 3109 as derived by Jobin & Carignan (1990AJ....100..648J) with the VLA. For 10 of these we can determine accurate hardness ratios {delta}HR2<=0.2.

We find 3 candidate AGN, 2 candidate X-ray binaries and one source which may belong to either class. We also find 2 candidate foreground stars. In a field of 8'x8' observed with the NTT in the I-b and and centered on the nucleus of NGC 3109 we determine candidates for optical counterparts in the X-ray error circle of 7 ROSAT PSPC sources.

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We apply a spectral fit to the ROSAT spectrum of the X-ray brightest absorbed candidate AGN behind NGC 3109, RX J1003.2-2607. Assuming a galactic foreground hydrogen column density of 4.3x10^20^cm^-2^ we derive from the X-ray spectral fit, assuming reduced metallicities (~0.2 solar), a hydrogen column density due to NGC 3109 of 11+/-^7^_5_x10^20^cm^-2^. This value is slightly larger than the hydrogen column density derived from the 21-cm observations of ~8x10^20^cm^-2^.

We estimate that the molecular mass fraction of the gas is not larger than ~60%.

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