A catalog of low surface brightness galaxies - List II
In: Astronomical Journal, Jg. 103 (1992-04-01)
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A list of galaxies characterized by low surface brightness (LSB) is presented which facilitates the recognition of galaxies with brightnesses close to that of the sky. A total of 198 objects and 140 objects are listed in the primary and secondary catalogs respectively, and LSB galaxies are examined by means of H I redshift distributions. LSB disk galaxies are shown to have similar sizes and masses as the high-surface-brightness counterparts, and ellipticals and SOs are rarely encountered. Many LSB spirals have stellarlike nuclei, and most of the galaxies in the present catalog are late-type galaxies in the Sc, Sm, and Im classes. The LSB region of observational parameter space is shown to encompass a spectrum of types as full as that of the Hubble sequence. It is suggested that studies of LSB galaxies can provide important data regarding the formation and star-formation history of all galaxies.
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A catalog of low surface brightness galaxies - List II
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Schombert, James M ; Bothun, Gregory D ; Schneider, Stephen E ; Mcgaugh, Stacy S |
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Zeitschrift: | Astronomical Journal, Jg. 103 (1992-04-01) |
Veröffentlichung: | United States: NASA Center for Aerospace Information (CASI), 1992 |
Medientyp: | report |
ISSN: | 0004-6256 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1086/116129 |
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