Search for companions of nearby isolated galaxies |
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Authors: | O V Melnyk V E Karachentseva I D Karachentsev D I Makarov I V Chilingarian |
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Institution: | (1) Astronomical Observatory, Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University, Kyiv, Ukraine;(2) Special Astrophysical Observatory, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhnii Arkhyz, KChR, Russia;(3) Observatoire de Paris-Meudon, Meudon, France;(4) Shternberg Institute of Astronomy, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia |
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Abstract: | The radial velocities are measured for 45 galaxies located in the neighborhoods of 29 likely isolated galaxies in a new catalog.
We find that about 85% of these galaxies actually are well isolated objects. 4% of nearby galaxies with V
LG
< 3500 km/s are this kind of cosmic "orphan"
Translated from Astrofizika, Vol. 52, No. 2, pp. 203–210 (May 2009). |
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Keywords: | galaxies isolated radial velocities |
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