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Satellites of Late-Type Spiral Galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 July 2011

I.A. Yegorova
Affiliation:
European Southern Observatory, Alonso de Cordova, 3107 Santiago, Chile
A. Pizzella
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Astronomia, Università di Padova, Padova, Italy
P. Salucci
Affiliation:
SISSA International School for Advanced Studies, via Bonomea 265, 34136 Trieste, Italy
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Abstract

Using VIMOS (VLT) we carried out a spectroscopic survey around seven late-type spiral galaxies and we discovered 55 satellites. After obtaining the radial velocities and spatial distribution of the satellites, we analyze their properties.

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Research Article
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© EAS, EDP Sciences, 2011

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