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Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser.
Volume 145, Number 3, September 2000
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Page(s) | 405 - 414 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/aas:2000354 | |
Published online | 15 September 2000 |
Box- and peanut-shaped bulges *,**
I. Statistics
Astronomisches Institut, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany e-mail: luett@astro.ruhr-uni-bochum.de
Received:
11
May
2000
Accepted:
13
June
2000
We present a classification for bulges of a complete sample of ~ 1350 edge-on disk galaxies derived from the RC3 (Third Reference Catalogue of Bright Galaxies, de Vaucouleurs et al. 1991). A visual classification of the bulges using the Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) in three types of b/p bulges or as an elliptical type is presented and supported by CCD images. NIR observations reveal that dust extinction does almost not influence the shape of bulges. There is no substantial difference between the shape of bulges in the optical and in the NIR. Our analysis reveals that 45% of all bulges are box- and peanut-shaped (b/p). The frequency of b/p bulges for all morphological types from S0 to Sd is > 40%. In particular, this is for the first time that such a large frequency of b/p bulges is reported for galaxies as late as Sd. The fraction of the observed b/p bulges is large enough to explain the b/p bulges by bars.
Key words: galaxies: evolution / galaxies: spiral / galaxies: statistics / galaxies: structure
Partly based on observations collected at ESO/La Silla (Chile), DSAZ/Calar Alto (Spain), and Lowell Observatory/Flagstaff (AZ/U.S.A.).
© European Southern Observatory (ESO), 2000