| Issue |
A&A
Volume 400, Number 1, March II 2003
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 119 - 125 | |
| Section | Extragalactic astronomy | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20021866 | |
| Published online | 24 February 2003 | |
Embedded disks in Fornax dwarf elliptical galaxies*
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
, Alonso de Cordova 3107, Santiago, Chile e-mail: ghau@eso.org
Corresponding author: S. De Rijcke, sven.derijcke@rug.ac.be
Received:
28
October
2002
Accepted:
16
December
2002
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 
´´ from the center (2.05 kpc
for 
km s-1 Mpc-1). FCC 204's disk can be traced out to ±
20´´ (1.78 kpc). This galaxy possesses a large bulge. These
results can be compared to the findings of Jerjen et al. ([CITE]) and Barazza et al.
([CITE]) 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
© ESO, 2003
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