IS THE EDGE-ON GALAXY NGC-4762 ACTUALLY BARRED

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WOZNIAK, H [1 ]
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[1] OBSERV MARSEILLE, F-13248 MARSEILLE 4, FRANCE
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GALAXIES; NGC-4762; INTERACTIONS; KINEMATICS AND DYNAMICS; PHOTOMETRY; STRUCTURE; BARRED;
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Recent results in secular evolution of galaxies show that bars involve into thick structures responsible for the boxy shape of some edge-on galaxies. However, a few galaxies, like NGC 4762. seem to possess this bar. Our CCD observations suggest that the structure regarded as a bar could be the remnant of a merging with a small satellite while the lens could be a thick disc like those produced in N-body simulations of Quinn et al. (1993). Thus NGC 4762 might not be a barred galaxy.
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