Dwarf ring galaxy.
Abstract
This paper reports the discovery of a ring galaxy which has a very low surface brightness. Although its intrinsic luminosity and diameter indicate that it may be a dwarf galaxy, the possibility is suggested that it is a ring galaxy in its later stages of evolution. It is also shown that the rich cluster A 1270 located near the ring is a background object with a redshift of 0.0704.
- Publication:
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
- Pub Date:
- April 1977
- DOI:
- 10.1086/130082
- Bibcode:
- 1977PASP...89..113T
- Keywords:
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- Galactic Clusters;
- Galactic Structure;
- Ring Galaxies;
- Astronomical Photography;
- Brightness;
- Galactic Evolution;
- Galactic Radiation;
- Red Shift;
- Astrophysics;
- Ring Galaxies:Surface Brightness