Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Apr 1992
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992aj....103.1107s&link_type=abstract
Astronomical Journal (ISSN 0004-6256), vol. 103, April 1992, p. 1107-1133. Research sponsored by NASA.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Astronomical Catalogs, Brightness Distribution, Disk Galaxies, Dwarf Galaxies, Galactic Evolution, Spiral Galaxies, Astronomical Photometry, Elliptical Galaxies, Galactic Structure, Red Shift, Star Formation
Scientific paper
A list of galaxies characterized by low surface brightness (LSB) is presented which facilitates the recognition of galaxies with brightnesses close to that of the sky. A total of 198 objects and 140 objects are listed in the primary and secondary catalogs respectively, and LSB galaxies are examined by means of H I redshift distributions. LSB disk galaxies are shown to have similar sizes and masses as the high-surface-brightness counterparts, and ellipticals and SOs are rarely encountered. Many LSB spirals have stellarlike nuclei, and most of the galaxies in the present catalog are late-type galaxies in the Sc, Sm, and Im classes. The LSB region of observational parameter space is shown to encompass a spectrum of types as full as that of the Hubble sequence. It is suggested that studies of LSB galaxies can provide important data regarding the formation and star-formation history of all galaxies.
Bothun Gregory D.
McGaugh Stacy S.
Schneider Stephen E.
Schombert James M.
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