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Tidal distortions in pairs of early-type galaxies
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2016
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We are conducting an imaging survey of pairs of elliptical galaxies which has already produced interesting results. Some pairs present a common pattern of distortion interpreted in terms of tidal effects (Davoust and Prugniel, 1988; Prugniel et al., 1989). Other examples drawn from the literature (Borne and Hoessel, 1988; Colina and Pérez-Fournon, 1990) share the same morphology. This Poster presents new cases and lists the characteristics of 24 such systems.
Our pairs are drawn from a sample of binary and multiple galaxies which has in turn been extracted from the CGCG, UGC (Nilson, 1973) and VV (Vorontsov-Velyaminov, 1959) catalogues. This sample includes that of Karachentsev (1972). It contains 1800 pairs, among which 700 are S – S or mixed morphology pairs. We are working on the remainder to produce a sample of close physical pairs of elliptical galaxies (we also include bulge dominated S0’s since the morphological discrimination from ellipticals is often ambiguous, in particular for interacting galaxies).
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- I. Classical Observations of Pairs
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- International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 124: Paired and Interacting Galaxies , 1990 , pp. 65 - 68
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- Copyright © NASA 1990
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