Color Correlations in (S+S) Binary Galaxies I. The Holmberg Effect
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
Relying on his photometry of galaxies, Holmberg (1958) found, more than 40 years ago, that the color indices of paired galaxies were closely correlated. Our deep broad-band BVRI CCD photometry of 45 (S+S) pairs from the Karachentsev (1972) catalogue (see Hernandez Toledo and Puerari, this volume), and additional (B-V) color information from the literature (50 extra (S+S) pairs), help us to confirm the effect. This "Holmberg Effect" has long been remained unverified and not explained yet.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0010530,
title = {Color Correlations in (S+S) Binary Galaxies I. The Holmberg Effect},
author = {Hector Hernandez Toledo and Ivanio Puerari},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0010530},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
2 pages, 1 figure, to appear in ASP Conf. Ser. "Galaxy Disk and Disk Galaxies", Eds. J.G. Funes S.J. and E.M. Corsini (meeting held in Rome, June 12-16, 2000)