NGC 488: Has its massive bulge been build up by minor mergers?

2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/11446Using recent observations of the kinematics of the disk stars the dynamical state of the disk of NGC 488 is discussed. The disk is shown to be dynamically `cool', so that NGC 488 cannot have experienced many -- even minor -- mergers in the past.Latex, 6 pages, 5 figures, to appear in A&AAstrophysicsNGC 488: Has its massive bulge been build up by minor mergers?text