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Faint Dwarf galaxies in nearby WINGS clusters: photometric characterization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 October 2019

Daniela Bettoni
Affiliation:
INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova email: daniela.bettoni@inaf.it
Alessandro Omizzolo
Affiliation:
INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova email: daniela.bettoni@inaf.it Specola Vaticana email: alessandro.omizzolo@inaf.it
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Abstract

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In the cores of galaxy clusters there is a population of lows-mass stellar systems such as dwarf Early-type galaxies, ultra-compact dwarf galaxies (UCDs) and ultra diffuse dwarf galaxies. We present here the photometric and morphological characterization of this population of objects using deep CFHT images of a sample of clusters belonging to the WINGS survey (0.04 < z < 0.06). We study only galaxies that are spectroscopically confirmed members of the cluster. The population of dwarfs ranges from 30% for the more rich clusters to 5-6% for the less rich ones.

Type
Contributed Papers
Copyright
© International Astronomical Union 2019 

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