Issue |
A&A
Volume 398, Number 1, January IV 2003
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Page(s) | 13 - 22 | |
Section | Cosmology (including clusters of galaxies) | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021636 | |
Published online | 14 January 2003 |
Optical observations of a newly identified compact galaxy group near the Zone of Avoidance*
1
Institut für Astrophysik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
2
Dipartimento di Astronomia dell' Universitá di Padova, Vicolo dell'Osservatorio 2, 35122 Padova, Italy e-mail: ciroi@pd.astro.it
Corresponding author: S. Temporin, giovanna.temporin@uibk.ac.at
Received:
11
September
2002
Accepted:
22
October
2002
We have identified a new group of galaxies, CG J0247+44.9, at low galactic
latitude (,
), which satisfies
Hickson's criteria (Hickson [CITE] for Compact Groups (CGs)).
Our group consists of six members, two of which are in close
interaction (IRAS 02443+4437).
We present here optical photometry
and low resolution spectroscopy of the individual galaxies
and investigate the global properties of the group.
Our morphological analysis reveals that two out of the six objects are
lenticular galaxies. The others are spirals showing emission lines
in their spectra through which we could classify them as a starburst
galaxy (the spiral member of the IRAS 02443+4437 close pair),
a Seyfert 2, a LINER and a weak HII galaxy.
Since the S0/Sa is the prevailing morphology for the galaxies of this group,
which is also characterized by a short crossing time and a relatively high
velocity dispersion, we suggest that CG J0247+44.9 is a dynamically old compact group.
Key words: galaxies: clusters: individual: CG J0247+44.9 / galaxies: photometry / galaxies: interactions
© ESO, 2003
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