Structure and formation of superclusters. XII - Morphological and luminosity segregation of normal and dwarf galaxies
Abstract
Morphological and luminosity segregation of dwarf and normal galaxies in the Virgo Supercluster and its environs are compared using correlation functions, void probability functions and cluster analysis. Results show that dwarf galaxies follow morphological segregation similar to that for normal galaxies: dwarf early type galaxies are concentrated in clusters with sizes about 1-2 Mpc. Morphological segregation is weak outside of clusters. Voids, determined by spiral and irregular galaxies of various luminosities, have similar sizes.
- Publication:
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Pub Date:
- June 1991
- DOI:
- 10.1093/mnras/250.4.802
- Bibcode:
- 1991MNRAS.250..802E
- Keywords:
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- Dwarf Galaxies;
- Galactic Clusters;
- Galactic Structure;
- Virgo Galactic Cluster;
- Galactic Evolution;
- Luminosity;
- Astrophysics