'Sunflower' galaxy (IMAGE)

Case Western Reserve University

'Sunflower' galaxy

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The best example is represented by the Sunflower galaxy (NGC 5055) with the strongest external field among SPARC galaxies, whose well-measured rotation curve shows a mildly declining behavior at large radial distance and can be accurately modeled only with an external field effect.

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