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Faint Features of Galaxies revealed by the Digital Co-addition of Schmidt Plates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

S. N. Kemp  and
J. Meaburn
S. N. Kemp
Affiliation:
Department of Pure and Applied Physics, The Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast, BT7 INN, Northern Ireland
J. Meaburn
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester, MIS 9PL, England

Abstract

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We have digitally co-added eight IIIa-J/GG395 UKST plates centred on the IC 4296 cluster of galaxies. The factor of increase in S/N in the co-added array enables galaxy profiles to be followed, and filamentary and diffuse features to be detected, down to bj surface brightnesses of 28 mag arcsec−2. Examples of warped disks, shells, trails, diffuse IGM and extended haloes revealed by this technique are discussed and illustrated.

Type
VII. Digitisation of Schmidt Data
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 148: The Future Utilisation of Schmidt Telescopes , 1995 , pp. 200 - 206
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1995

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