Satellites of Late-Type Spiral Galaxies

I.A. Yegorova; A. Pizzella; P. Salucci

doi:10.1051/eas/1148083

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Volume 48 (2011)

EAS Publications Series, 48 (2011) 363-364

Abstract

Issue		EAS Publications Series Volume 48, 2011 CRAL-2010 A Universe of Dwarf Galaxies


Page(s)		363 - 364
Section		Satellites, Streams, Ultra-Faint Galaxies
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/eas/1148083
Published online		11 July 2011

A Universe of Dwarf Galaxies
M. Koleva, Ph. Prugniel and I. Vauglin (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 48 (2011) 363–364

Satellites of Late-Type Spiral Galaxies

I.A. Yegorova¹, A. Pizzella² and P. Salucci³

¹ European Southern Observatory, Alonso de Cordova, 3107 Santiago, Chile
² Dipartimento di Astronomia, Università di Padova, Padova, Italy
³ SISSA International School for Advanced Studies, via Bonomea 265, 34136 Trieste, Italy

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.