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在野外发现一个孤立的致密椭圆星系

Discovery of an isolated compact elliptical galaxy in the field

Avon Huxor, Steve Phillipps, James Price

摘要:

我们提出了一个孤立的紧凑的椭圆(CE)星系的发现,发现在SDSS DR 7的CE搜索,并为我们获得WHT/ACAM成像。它距离最近的邻居约900千秒差距,有效r波段半径约为500秒差距,有效半径内的B波段平均表面亮度为19.75等/角秒。偶然的深层SuprimeCam成像显示没有潜在的磁盘。其孤立的位置表明,有一个替代的通道剥离的情况下,形成紧凑的椭圆。我们还报告了对先前候选的自由飞行的cE的最近更深成像的分析,这表明它实际上是一个正常的矮椭圆(dE)。因此,这里报道的新的cE是第一个被证实的孤立的紧凑的椭圆形被发现在外地。

英文摘要:

We present the discovery of an isolated compact elliptical (cE) galaxy, found during a search of SDSS DR7 for cEs, and for which we obtained WHT/ACAM imaging. It is ~900 kpc distant from its nearest neighbour, has an effective r-band radius of ~500 pc and a B-band mean surface brightness within its effective radius of 19.75 mag/arcsec. Serendipitous deep SuprimeCam imaging shows that there is no underlying disk. Its isolated position suggests that there is an alternative channel to the stripping scenario for the formation of compact ellipticals. We also report analysis of recent deeper imaging of the previous candidate free-flying cE, which shows that it is, in fact, a normal dwarf elliptical (dE). Hence the new cE reported here is the first confirmed isolated compact elliptical to be found in the field.

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