When is a bulge not a bulge? Inner disks masquerading as bulges in NGC 2787 and NGC 3945

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 597, Issue 2 I, 2003, Pages 929-947

  Erwin, Peter ^a   Vega Beltrán, Juan Carlos ^a,c   Graham, Alister W ^b   Beckman, John E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^c UK Astronomy Data Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Galaxies: individual (NGC 2787, NGC 3945); Galaxies: structure; Galaxy: disk

Indexed keywords

EID: 1042291443     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/378189     Document Type: Article

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