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Caption: Figure 17.
Location of symmetric and asymmetric profiles for the THINGS galaxies. Blue pixels represent symmetric profiles (SP). Green and red pixels represent left-handed asymmetric profiles (LHAP) and right-handed asymmetric profiles (RHAP), respectively. Ellipses represent the optical radius r 25. The small gray circles indicate the approaching sides.
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