Correlations between Structural Parameters of Disk Galaxies

Prieto, Mercedes; Aguerri, Alfonso L.
Bibliographical reference

Astrophysics and Space Science, v. 269/270, p. 661-662 (1999).

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1999
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2
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0
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Description
We have obtained (in BVRI filters) the structural parameters of four disk galaxies, spanning a range of different morphological types. We believe the parameters are reliable because an extensive part of the galaxies' disks are free from contamination by other components, and a detailed photometric method has been used to derive these quantities. Several correlations between their structural parameters have been found which support: a disk increasingly optically thick towards the center of each galaxy; the older population of the bulge being more extensive than the younger; and a `Scaled' Hubble sequence for the spirals.