Embedded disks in Fornax dwarf elliptical galaxies
- Author(s)
- Sven de Rijcke, Herwig B. Dejonghe, Werner Zeilinger, George K T Hau
- Abstract
We present photometric and kinematic evidence for the presence of stellar disks, seen practically edge-on, in two Fornax dwarf galaxies, FCC 204 (dS0(6)) and FCC 288 (dS0(7)). This is the first time such structures have been identified in Fornax dwarfs. FCC 288 has only a small bulge and a bright flaring and slightly warped disk that can be traced out to ‘23? from the center (2.05 kpc for H0 = 75 km s-1 Mpc-1). FCC 204's disk can be traced out to ‘20? (1.78 kpc). This galaxy possesses a large bulge. These results can be compared to the findings of Jergen et al. (2002) who discovered nucleated dEs with spiral and bar features in the Virgo Cluster.
- Organisation(s)
- Department of Astrophysics
- External organisation(s)
- Ghent University , European Southern Observatory (Germany)
- Journal
- Astronomy & Astrophysics
- Volume
- 400
- Pages
- 119-125
- No. of pages
- 7
- ISSN
- 0004-6361
- Publication date
- 2003
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 103003 Astronomy
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/c5c7901f-fc97-4457-aace-eb4441ea0246