The unusual box-shaped elliptical (?) galaxy IC 3370

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Jul 1987

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987aj.....94...30j&link_type=abstract

Astronomical Journal (ISSN 0004-6256), vol. 94, July 1987, p. 30-42.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Astronomical Photometry, Elliptical Galaxies, Galactic Rotation, Galactic Structure, Disk Galaxies, Luminosity, Spectrum Analysis

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IC 3370 is noted by this photometric and kinematic study to be more like the bulges of disk galaxies than elliptical galaxies; seen nearly edge-on, it is an S0pec rather than an elliptical galaxy, as originally classified. IC 3370 is also found to be a cylindrical rotator above the plane of the disk to a degree that is far in excess of previous observations in box- or peanut-shaped bulges. In addition, it exhibits a large amount of isophotal twisting throughout the bulge, which is not easily reconciled with an oblate model's nearly edge-on view, but is suggestive of a merger or tidal-encounter history.

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