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Do Elliptical Galaxies show Warp?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

A. I. Gamaleldin*
Affiliation:
Helwan Observatory, Cairo, Egypt

Abstract

Surface photometry of the elliptical galaxy NGC 1700 is presented and discussed in terms of providing evidence for warping of the outer isophotes in elliptical galaxies.

Type
Extragalactic
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1991

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