GALEX Observations of Massive Low Surface Brightness Galaxies

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Dec 2007

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007aas...211.9510m&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #211, #95.10; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 39, p.896

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Massive low surface brightness (MLSB) galaxies have central surface brightness at least one magnitude fainter than the night sky but masses that make them among the largest galaxies known. We present new GALEX imaging of six MLSB galaxies with previous CO observations, obtained in an effort to improve our understanding of their rates and modes of star formation. All six targets have been detected, with absolute magnitudes ranging from -19.0 to -15.4 in the far-UV and -19.4 to -16.2 in the near-UV, but they differ greatly in their UV morphologies. We present far-UV and near-UV surface brightness profiles and discuss implications for star formation in this important but mysterious population.

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