Embedded disks in Fornax dwarf elliptical galaxies
- Autor(en)
- Sven de Rijcke, Herwig B. Dejonghe, Werner Zeilinger, George K T Hau
- Abstrakt
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(en)
- Institut für Astrophysik
- Externe Organisation(en)
- Ghent University , European Southern Observatory (Germany)
- Journal
- Astronomy & Astrophysics
- Band
- 400
- Seiten
- 119-125
- Anzahl der Seiten
- 7
- ISSN
- 0004-6361
- Publikationsdatum
- 2003
- Peer-reviewed
- Ja
- ÖFOS 2012
- 103003 Astronomie
- Link zum Portal
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/c5c7901f-fc97-4457-aace-eb4441ea0246