Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2003-09-22
ASP Conf.Ser. 327 (2004) 272-275
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
4 pages, 4 figures. Contribution to the proceedings of "Satellites and Tidal Streams", La Palma, May 26-30, 2003
Scientific paper
The study of satellite galaxies can provide information on the merging and aggregation processes which, according to the hierarchical clustering models, form the larger spiral galaxies we observe. With the aim of testing hierarchical models of galaxy formation, we have conducted an observational program which comprises H$\alpha$ imaging for both the parent and the satellite galaxies, taken from the compilation by Zaritsky et al. (1997) that contains 115 galaxies orbiting 69 primary isolated spiral galaxies. We have observed a subsample of 37 spiral and irregular galaxies taken from the compilation mentioned above. The aim of this study is to determine star formation properties of the sample galaxies. In this work we present the preliminary results of this program that we have carried out with the 1.8-m Vatican Telescope (VATT).
Azzaro Marco
Funes SJ Jose G.
Gutierrez Carlos M.
Prada Francisco
Ribeiro Marcelo B.
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