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C. M. Gutiérrez | Zendy; M. Azzaro | Zendy; Francisco Prada | Zendy

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The Properties of Satellite Galaxies in External Systems. I. Morphology and Structural Parameters

Author(s) -

C. M. Gutiérrez,

M. Azzaro,

Francisco Prada

Publication year - 2002

Publication title -

the astrophysical journal supplement series

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.546

H-Index - 277

eISSN - 1538-4365

pISSN - 0067-0049

DOI - 10.1086/339873

Subject(s) - spiral galaxy , galaxy , morphology (biology) , astrophysics , satellite , surface brightness , spiral (railway) , physics , brightness , astronomy , geology , paleontology , mathematics , mathematical analysis

We present the first results of an ongoing project to study themorphological, kinematical, dynamical, and chemical properties of satellitegalaxies of external giant spiral galaxies. The sample of objects has beenselected from the catalogue by Zaritsky et al. (1997). The paper analyzes themorphology and structural parameters of a subsample of 60 such objects. Thesatellites span a great variety of morphologies and surface brightnessprofiles. About two thirds of the sample are spirals and irregulars, theremaining third being early-types. Some cases showing interaction between pairsof satellites are presented and briefly discussed.Comment: Accepted for publication in Astrophys. Journal Supp. Se

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