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A&A
Volume 681, January 2024
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Article Number | L15 | |
Number of page(s) | 5 | |
Section | Letters to the Editor | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202348494 | |
Published online | 23 January 2024 |
Letter to the Editor
The occurrence rate of galaxies with polar structures may be significantly underestimated
1
Department of Physics and Astronomy, N283 ESC, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA
e-mail: mosenkovav@gmail.com
2
St. Petersburg State University, Universitetskii pr. 28, St. Petersburg 198504, Russia
3
Central (Pulkovo) Astronomical Observatory, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pulkovskoye Chaussee 65/1, 196140 St. Petersburg, Russia
4
Special Astrophysical Observatory, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhnii Arkhyz 369167, Russia
Received:
5
November
2023
Accepted:
24
December
2023
Polar-ring galaxies are photometrically and kinematically decoupled systems that are highly inclined to the major axis of the host. These galaxies have been explored since the 1970s, but the rarity of these systems has made such systematic studies difficult. However, over 250 good candidates have been identified. In this work, we examine a sample of over 18 000 galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Stripe 82 for the presence of galaxies with polar structures. Using deep SDSS Stripe 82, DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys, and Hyper Suprime-Cam Subaru Strategic Program, we selected 53 good candidate galaxies with photometrically decoupled polar rings, 9 galaxies with polar halos, 6 galaxies with polar bulges, and 34 possibly forming polar-ring galaxies, versus 13 polar-ring candidates previously selected in Stripe 82. Our results suggest that the occurrence rate of galaxies with polar structures may be significantly underestimated, as revealed by the deep observations, and may amount to 1–3% of non-dwarf galaxies.
Key words: galaxies: elliptical and lenticular, cD / galaxies: evolution / galaxies: formation / galaxies: structure
© The Authors 2024
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