A list of new nearby dwarf galaxy candidates

被引:147
作者
Karachentseva, VE
Karachentsev, ID
机构
[1] Kiev State Univ, Astron Observ, UA-254053 Kiev, Ukraine
[2] Russian Acad Sci, Special Astrophys Observ, Stavropol 357147, Russia
来源
ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS SUPPLEMENT SERIES | 1998年 / 127卷 / 03期
关键词
galaxies; distances and redshifts; irregular;
D O I
10.1051/aas:1998109
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
To increase completeness of the distance limited sample of nearby galaxies from the Kraan-Korteweg & Tammann (1979) catalogue we undertook a search for small companions of larger known galaxies which have corrected radial velocities within 500 km/s. Based primarily on the POSS-II and ESO/SERC films we found 260 nearby dwarf galaxy candidates with angular diameters a greater than or similar to 0.5 arcmin. More than 50% of the objects were revealed for the first time. As we suppose, a significant part of them (about 30%) may really belong to the Local Volume sample.
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页数:11
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