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A photometric study of polar ring galaxies : UGC 4261 and UGC 5101 - Galaxies with forming polar rings. / Reshetnikov, VP; Hagen-Thorn, VA; Yakovleva, VA.

In: Astronomy Reports, Vol. 42, No. 4, 1998, p. 439-445.

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title = "A photometric study of polar ring galaxies: UGC 4261 and UGC 5101 - Galaxies with forming polar rings",
abstract = "The results of detailed multicolor surface photometry of the peculiar galaxies UGC 4261 and UGC 5101 are presented. The observations were obtained using the 6-m telescope of the Special Astrophysical Observatory. Both galaxies have large-scale ring structures outside their main bodies. The integrated characteristics of these structures are close to those of classic polar-ring galaxies. In at least one of the galaxies (UGC 4261), this structure rotates about the major axis of the galaxy. The galaxies UGC 4261 and UGC 5101 illustrate the possibility of the formation of polar rings during galaxy mergers.",
keywords = "INTERACTING GALAXIES, MERGING GALAXIES, SPIRAL GALAXIES, DISK GALAXIES, SAMPLE, STARS",
author = "VP Reshetnikov and VA Hagen-Thorn and VA Yakovleva",
year = "1998",
language = "Английский",
volume = "42",
pages = "439--445",
journal = "Astronomy Reports",
issn = "1063-7729",
publisher = "МАИК {"}Наука/Интерпериодика{"}",
number = "4",

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TY - JOUR

T1 - A photometric study of polar ring galaxies

T2 - UGC 4261 and UGC 5101 - Galaxies with forming polar rings

AU - Reshetnikov, VP

AU - Hagen-Thorn, VA

AU - Yakovleva, VA

PY - 1998

Y1 - 1998

N2 - The results of detailed multicolor surface photometry of the peculiar galaxies UGC 4261 and UGC 5101 are presented. The observations were obtained using the 6-m telescope of the Special Astrophysical Observatory. Both galaxies have large-scale ring structures outside their main bodies. The integrated characteristics of these structures are close to those of classic polar-ring galaxies. In at least one of the galaxies (UGC 4261), this structure rotates about the major axis of the galaxy. The galaxies UGC 4261 and UGC 5101 illustrate the possibility of the formation of polar rings during galaxy mergers.

AB - The results of detailed multicolor surface photometry of the peculiar galaxies UGC 4261 and UGC 5101 are presented. The observations were obtained using the 6-m telescope of the Special Astrophysical Observatory. Both galaxies have large-scale ring structures outside their main bodies. The integrated characteristics of these structures are close to those of classic polar-ring galaxies. In at least one of the galaxies (UGC 4261), this structure rotates about the major axis of the galaxy. The galaxies UGC 4261 and UGC 5101 illustrate the possibility of the formation of polar rings during galaxy mergers.

KW - INTERACTING GALAXIES

KW - MERGING GALAXIES

KW - SPIRAL GALAXIES

KW - DISK GALAXIES

KW - SAMPLE

KW - STARS

M3 - статья

VL - 42

SP - 439

EP - 445

JO - Astronomy Reports

JF - Astronomy Reports

SN - 1063-7729

IS - 4

ER -

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