Astrophysical: Galaxies

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    Dissecting the morphological and spectroscopic properties of galaxies in the local Universe. I. Elliptical galaxies
    Aims: We revisit the scaling relations and star-forming histories of local elliptical galaxies using a novel selection method applied to the Sloan Digital Sky...
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    Dissecting the size evolution of elliptical galaxies since z˜ 1: puffing-up versus minor-merging scenarios
    At a fixed stellar mass, the size of low-redshift early-type galaxies is found to be a factor of 2 larger than that of their counterparts at z˜ 1, a result with...
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    Dissecting the stellar content of Leo I: a dwarf irregular caught in transition
    Leo I is considered one of the youngest dwarf spheroidals (dSph) in the Local Group. Its isolation, extended star formation history (SFH), and recent...
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    Distance and reddening of the Local Group dwarf irregular galaxy NGC 6822
    On the basis of a new photometric analysis of the Local Group dwarf irregular galaxy NCG 6822 based on observations obtained with the Advanced Camera for...
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    Distance estimation of gamma-ray-emitting BL Lac objects from imaging observations
    Aims. The direct redshift determination of BL Lac objects is highly challenging as the emission in the optical and near-infrared bands is largely dominated by...
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    Distinct stellar populations in the inner bars of double-barred galaxies
    Numerical simulations of double-barred galaxies predict the build-up of different structural components (e.g. bulges, inner discs) in the central regions of...
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    Distribution of star formation in galactic bars as seen with Hα and stacked GALEX UV imaging
    Context. Stellar bars are known to gradually funnel gas to the central parts of disk galaxies. It remains a matter of debate why the distribution of ionized gas...
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    Distributions, equivalent widths and metallicities of the H II regions in the spiral galaxies NGC 5457 and NGC 4395
    Using CCD observations in the narrow band filters in Hα , Hβ , [O Ii], [O Iii], [S Ii] and [S Iii] lines we have compiled a catalogue of 338 H Ii regions for...
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    Diverging UV and Hα fluxes of star-forming galaxies predicted by the IGIMF theory
    Although the stellar initial mass function (IMF) has only been directly determined in star clusters, it has been manifoldly applied on galaxy-wide scales. But...