Evidence for Old Stars in the Red Low Surface Brightness Galaxies UGC 6614 and F568-6

dc.creatorQuillen, A. C.
dc.creatorPickering, T. E.
dc.date1997-05-15
dc.date1997-05-20
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T09:02:09Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T09:02:09Z
dc.descriptionWe present near-Infrared images of low surface brightness galaxies: H band images of UGC 6614 and F568-6 (Malin 2). The H band images show spiral structure so we are confident that we are seeing the galaxy disks as well as the central bulges. The optical-IR colors of these galaxies, $R-H = 2.2\pm 0.2$, $B-H = 3.5-4.2$, are extremely red and are similar to those of many S0 and elliptical galaxies. This represents strong evidence for a component of old stars. Recent studies find that low surface brightness galaxies span a wide range of morphologies and colors. In this context UGC 6614 and F568-6 could be examples of low surface brightness galaxies which have undergone a past epoch of more vigorous star formation.
dc.descriptionAAS Latex + Jpg Figures, submitted to ApJL
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9705115
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9705115
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/148531
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleEvidence for Old Stars in the Red Low Surface Brightness Galaxies UGC 6614 and F568-6
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