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Two Colour CCD Photometry of Malin–Carter Shell Galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

A. Wilkinson ,
W.B. Sparks ,
D. Carter  and
D.A. Malin
A. Wilkinson
Affiliation:
Astronomy Dept., the University, Manchester M13 9PL, England
W.B. Sparks
Affiliation:
RGO, Herstmonceux Castle, East Sussex BN27 1RP, England
D. Carter
Affiliation:
Mount Stromlo Observatory, Canberra ACT 2606, Australia
D.A. Malin
Affiliation:
AAO, P.O. Box 296, Epping NSW 2121, Australia

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Shells may be the result of the disruption of a small companion in the potential of a much larger galaxy (e.g., Hernquist & Quinn, 1986; Dupraz & Combes, 1985), the disturbance of a disk system in a tidal encounter (Toomre, 1972), an accumulation of resonant stellar orbits (Binney, pers.comm.) or the result of some shock phenomenon in a hot galactic atmosphere (e.g., Williams & Christiansen, 1985; Wilkinson & Bailey, 1985;). To distinguish between these formation mechanisms, CCD direct images in B and R have been obtained at the Anglo-Australian 3.8m telescope for 66 of the 74 galaxies in the range 01h 40′ α < 13h 46' in the Malin-Carter (1983) catalogue of shell galaxies.

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Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 127: Structure and Dynamics of Elliptical Galaxies , 1987 , pp. 465 - 466
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Copyright © Reidel 1987 

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