Hα imaging of the local volume galaxies I. the NGC 6946 galaxy group

I. D. Karachentsev*, S. S. Kajsin, Z. Tsvetanov, H. Ford

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Abstract

We present new Ha imaging of all known dwarf irregular companions to NGC 6946: UGC 11583, KK 251, KK 252, KKR 55, KKR 56, Cepheus 1, KKR 59, and KKR 60. The galaxies span a range of blue absolute magnitudes of [-13.6, -17.6], relative gas content of [0.1,2.5] M⊙/L⊙, current star formation activity of [0.2, 5.2] × 10-2 M⊙ yr-1, and timescale to exhaust the current gas supply of [6, 86] Gyr.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)935-938
Number of pages4
JournalAstronomy and Astrophysics
Volume434
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 2005
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Galaxies: dwarf
  • Stars: formation

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