A&A Supplement series, Vol. 126, December II 1997, 537-546
Received October 31, 1996; accepted April 21, 1997
H. Bravo-Alfaro
, A. Szomoru
, V.
Cayatte, C. Balkowski, and R. Sancisi
Send offprint request: H. Bravo-Alfaro; Observatoire de Paris, F-92195 Meudon Cedex,
France.
Observatoire de Paris, DAEC and URA 173, associé au CNRS
et à l'Université Paris 7, 92195 Meudon Cedex, France
Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, P.O. Box 800,
NL 97000 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
UCO/Lick Observatory, University of California, Santa Cruz, California
95064, U.S.A.
We present results of an HI survey of the cluster of galaxies
Abell 262, using the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope (WSRT).
Eleven galaxies were detected in five fields. In a few cases the gas
in these galaxies shows an asymmetrical distribution; the most likely
explanation is the interaction between the cluster medium and the gaseous
disks. Only two of the detected galaxies are slightly HI-deficient.
At 40
to the West of CGCG 160-049
we tentatively detect what may be an associated HI cloud. The
total mass of this cloud is 
,
and no optical counterpart has yet been found.
keywords: galaxies: clusters: individual: Abell 262 -- radio lines: galaxies