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Mass Loss in Dwarf Galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

Gerhardt R. Meurer
Gerhardt R. Meurer*
Affiliation:
Anglo-Australian Observatory, PO Box 296 Epping, NSW 2121
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Abstract

Four examples of dwarf galaxies apparently undergoing mass loss are discussed. All have an Hα morphology suggesting a minor axis flow. This is supported by velocity field measurements in three cases. All also have at least one compact central object, probably a young star cluster, apparently powering the flow. Some implications of these results are briefly discussed.

Type
Extragalactic
Information
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , 1991 , pp. 98 - 99
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1991

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