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Keywords

galaxies: general
galaxies: photometry
galaxies: structure

How to Cite

VLT Observations of Early-Type Dwarfs in the Virgo Cluster: some first surprising Results. (2003). Revista Mexicana De Astrofísica Y Astronomía Serie De Conferencias, 17(1), 203-204. https://astronomia.unam.mx/journals/rmxac/article/view/2003rmxac..17..203b
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Abstract

Among a sample of 23 nucleated dwarf ellipticals and dS0s observed with the Very Large Telescope in B and R, we found four systems exhibiting non-axisymmetric structures, such as a bar and/or spiral arms, indicative of a disk (IC0783, IC3349, NGC4431, IC3468). The results suggest that the fraction of early-type dwarfs hosting a disk component could be higher than previously thought. In a possible scenario they are former late-type disk galaxies which have been transformed to the objects we observe today during their infall to the cluster.