2016
Deep imaging of the shell elliptical galaxy NGC3923 with MegaCam
BILEK, Michal, JC. CUILLANDRE, S. GWYN, Ivana EBROVA, Kateřina BARTOŠKOVÁ et. al.Základní údaje
Originální název
Deep imaging of the shell elliptical galaxy NGC3923 with MegaCam
Autoři
BILEK, Michal (203 Česká republika, garant), JC. CUILLANDRE (250 Francie), S. GWYN (124 Kanada), Ivana EBROVA (203 Česká republika), Kateřina BARTOŠKOVÁ (203 Česká republika, domácí), Bruno JUNGWIERT (203 Česká republika) a Lucie JÍLKOVÁ (203 Česká republika)
Vydání
ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS, LES ULIS CEDEX A, EDP SCIENCES S A, 2016, 1432-0746
Další údaje
Jazyk
angličtina
Typ výsledku
Článek v odborném periodiku
Obor
10301 Atomic, molecular and chemical physics
Stát vydavatele
Francie
Utajení
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
Impakt faktor
Impact factor: 5.014
Kód RIV
RIV/00216224:14310/16:00093056
Organizační jednotka
Přírodovědecká fakulta
UT WoS
000373207800089
Klíčová slova anglicky
galaxies: peculiar; galaxies: elliptical and lenticular; galaxies: individual: NGC 3923; galaxies: photometry; techniques: image processing; gravitation
Příznaky
Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno
Změněno: 31. 3. 2017 12:12, Ing. Andrea Mikešková
Anotace
V originále
Context. The elliptical galaxy NGC3923 is known to be surrounded by a number of stellar shells, probable remnants of an accreted galaxy. Despite its uniqueness, the deepest images of its outskirts come from the 1980s. On the basis of the modified Newtonian dynamics (MOND), it has recently been predicted that a new shell lies in this region. Aims. We obtain the deepest image ever of the galaxy, map the tidal features in it, and search for the predicted shell. Methods. The image of the galaxy was taken by the MegaCam camera at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope in the g'-band. It reached the surface-brightness limit of 29 mag arcsec(-2). In addition, we reanalyzed an archival HST image of the galaxy. Results. We detected up to 42 shells in NGC3923. This is by far the highest number among all shell galaxies. We present the description of the shells and other tidal features in the galaxy. A probable progenitor of some of these features was discovered. The shell system likely originates from two or more progenitors. The predicted shell was not detected, but the new image revealed that the prediction was based on incorrect assumptions and poor data.
Návaznosti
MUNI/A/1110/2014, interní kód MU |
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