Is the edge-on galaxy NGC 4762 actually barred?

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Galaxies: Ngc 4762, Galaxies: Interactions, Galaxies: Kinematics And Dynamics, Galaxies: Photometry, Galaxies: Structure, Galaxies: Barred

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Recent results in secular evolution of galaxies show that bars involve into thick structures responsible for the boxy shape of some edge-on galaxies. However, a few galaxies, like NGC 4762, seem to possess thin bar. Our CCD observations suggest that the structure regarded as a bar could be the remnant of a merging with a small satellite while the lens could be a thick disc like those produced in N-body simulations of Quinn et al. (1993). Thus NGC 4762 might not be a barred galaxy

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