Open AccessLate‐type dwarf galaxies in the Virgo cluster — I. The samples
Author(s) -
Almoznino Elchanan,
Brosch Noah
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
monthly notices of the royal astronomical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.058
H-Index - 383
eISSN - 1365-2966
pISSN - 0035-8711
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-8711.1998.01714.x
Subject(s) - physics , virgo cluster , astrophysics , astronomy , observatory , dwarf galaxy , galaxy , galaxy cluster , telescope
We selected samples of late‐type dwarf galaxies in the Virgo cluster with H i information. The galaxies were observed at the Wise Observatory using several broad‐band and Hα bandpasses. UV measurements were carried out with the IUE Observatory from VILSPA, and with the FAUST shuttle‐borne UV telescope. We describe the observations in detail, paying particular attention to the determination of measurement errors, and present the observational results together with published data and far‐infrared information from IRAS . The sample will be analysed in subsequent papers, in order to study star formation mechanisms in galaxies.