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An Automated Search for Low Surface Brightness Dwarf Elliptical Galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

Z. Morshidi ,
R.M. Smith  and
J.I. Davies
Z. Morshidi
Affiliation:
Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Wales, College of Cardiff, P.O.Box 913, Cardiff CF2 3YB, UK
R.M. Smith
Affiliation:
Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Wales, College of Cardiff, P.O.Box 913, Cardiff CF2 3YB, UK
J.I. Davies
Affiliation:
Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Wales, College of Cardiff, P.O.Box 913, Cardiff CF2 3YB, UK

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A new automated technique applied to APM scans of UKSTU photographic plates has been used to search for LSBGs in the Fornax cluster. 92 galaxies, almost all of which were classified by Ferguson (1989) as dwarf ellipticals, were found. Fields to the East and West of the cluster were found to have 46 and 13 LSBGs, respectively, as shown in the figure below (□ are LSBGs, ▲ are brighter galaxies).

Type
Poster Papers
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 171: New Light on Galaxy Evolution , 1996 , pp. 423
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1996 

References

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