The discovery of a giant debris arc in the Coma Cluster

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27 August 1997

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/9708248

Abstract

We present the discovery a giant low surface-brightness arc, of length luminous matrix with surface-brightness mu_B < 26.5 mag arcsec^{-2} and a number of embedded condensations. It is not associated with any giant galaxy in Coma in particular; neither does it have the properties of a gravitational arc. We argue that a fast interaction between the nearby barred S0 galaxy IC 4026 and either IC 4041 or RB 110 is the most natural explanation for the origin of the arc.

Keywords

SURFACE BRIGHTNESS
GRAVITATIONAL
GIANT DEBRIS
COMA CLUSTER
DEBRIS ARC
DISCOVERY
GALAXY

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Version 1, 1997-08-27, ArXiv
Published version: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 293 (1), 53.

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