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Evidence of a star formation burst in a spheroidal dwarf galaxy
Author(s) -
Schmidt R.,
Richter G. M.,
Karachentseva V. E.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
astronomische nachrichten
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.394
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1521-3994
pISSN - 0004-6337
DOI - 10.1002/asna.2113060419
Subject(s) - dwarf galaxy , physics , astrophysics , astronomy , photometry (optics) , galaxy , dwarf spheroidal galaxy , stars , interacting galaxy
We present here the luminosity profile and the colour distribution of the irregular dwarf galaxy UGC 5423 = M81 dwB. Using digital surface photometry we show that UGC 5423 is a burst of young stars in the central body of a larger spheroidal dwarf galaxy.
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