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2016AJ....151..141P - Astron. J., 151, 141-141 (2016/June-0)

MCG+08-22-082: a double core and boxy appearance dwarf lenticular galaxy suspected to be a merger remnant.

PAK M., PAUDEL S., LEE Y. and KIM S.C.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present a study on the dwarf lenticular galaxy MCG+08-22-082 (U141), located in the Ursa Major cluster, blue-centered, double-cored, and having a boxy appearance. Using publicly available data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), we perform an analysis of the structural and stellar population properties of the galaxy and the cores. We find that the light profile of U141 follows an exponential law. U141 has a brightness of {M}_{r}=-16.01 mag, and an effective radius of {R}_{e}=1.7 kpc . The boxiness parameter {a}_{4}/a is mostly between 0 and -0.05 in the inner parts, reaching an extreme of about -0.1. Double cores are seen at the center of U141; each of these cores has a stellar mass of ∼106 M and the separation between them is ∼300 pc. Optical spectroscopy of these cores shows prominent emission in Hα, suggesting ongoing star-forming activities. We interpret these morphological properties and speculate that U141 is a merger remnant of two disk galaxies. Thus, we might have discovered an intermediate stage of merging, providing possible evidence of double cores in the center of the galaxy.

Abstract Copyright: © 2016. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

Journal keyword(s): galaxies: dwarf - galaxies: evolution - galaxies: individual: MCG+08-22-082

Simbad objects: 11

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