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Issue A&A
Volume 400, Number 1, March II 2003
Page(s) 119 - 125
Section Galactic structure and dynamics
DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021866



A&A 400, 119-125 (2003)
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20021866

Embedded disks in Fornax dwarf elliptical galaxies

S. De Rijcke1, H. Dejonghe1, W. W. Zeilinger2 and G. K. T. Hau3

1  Sterrenkundig Observatorium, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281, S9, Belgium
    e-mail: herwig.dejonghe@rug.ac.be
2  Institut für Astronomie, Universität Wien, Türkenschanzstraße 17, 1180 Wien, Austria
    e-mail: zeilinger@astro.univie.ac.at
3  ESO, Alonso de Cordova 3107, Santiago, Chile
    e-mail: ghau@eso.org

(Received 28 October 2002 / Accepted 16 December 2002 )

Abstract
We present photometric and kinematic evidence for the presence of stellar disks, seen practically edge-on, in two Fornax dwarf galaxies, FCC 204 (dS0(6)) and FCC 288 (dS0(7)). This is the first time such structures have been identified in Fornax dwarfs. FCC 288 has only a small bulge and a bright flaring and slightly warped disk that can be traced out to $\pm 23$´´ from the center (2.05 kpc for H0=75 km s -1 Mpc -1). FCC 204's disk can be traced out to $\pm$ 20´´ (1.78 kpc). This galaxy possesses a large bulge. These results can be compared to the findings of Jerjen et al. (2000) and Barazza et al. (2002) who discovered nucleated dEs with spiral and bar features in the Virgo Cluster.


Key words: galaxies: dwarf -- galaxies: clusters: individual: Fornax -- galaxies: individual: FCC 204, FCC 288

Offprint request: S. De Rijcke, sven.derijcke@rug.ac.be

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