The dynamics of isolated Local Group galaxies

EN Kirby, JS Bullock, M Boylan-Kolchin… - Monthly Notices of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
We measured velocities of 862 individual red giant stars in seven isolated dwarf galaxies in
the Local Group: NGC 6822, IC 1613, VV 124 (UGC 4879), the Pegasus dwarf irregular …

Stellar dynamics and dark matter in Local Group dwarf galaxies

G Battaglia, C Nipoti - Nature Astronomy, 2022 - nature.com
When interpreted within the standard framework of Newtonian gravity and dynamics, the
kinematics of stars and gas in dwarf galaxies reveals that most of these systems are …

Dwarf galaxies of the Local Group

M Mateo - Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 1998 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract The Local Group dwarf galaxies offer a unique window to the detailed properties
of the most common type of galaxy in the Universe. In this review, I update the census of …

The observed properties of dwarf galaxies in and around the Local Group

AW McConnachie - The Astronomical Journal, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
Positional, structural, and dynamical parameters for all dwarf galaxies in and around the
Local Group are presented, and various aspects of our observational understanding of this …

Star-formation histories, abundances, and kinematics of dwarf galaxies in the Local Group

E Tolstoy, V Hill, M Tosi - Annual Review of Astronomy and …, 2009 - annualreviews.org
Within the Local Universe galaxies can be studied in great detail star by star, and here we
review the results of quantitative studies in nearby dwarf galaxies. The color-magnitude …

Spatially resolved kinematics of an ultracompact dwarf galaxy

MJ Frank, M Hilker, S Mieske… - Monthly Notices of …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
We present the internal kinematics of UCD3, the brightest known ultracompact dwarf galaxy
(UCD) in the Fornax cluster, making this the first UCD with spatially resolved spectroscopy …

Kinematically cold populations at large radii in the draco and ursa minor dwarf spheroidal galaxies

MI Wilkinson, JT Kleyna, NW Evans… - The Astrophysical …, 2004 - iopscience.iop.org
We present projected velocity dispersion profiles for the Draco and Ursa Minor (UMi) dwarf
spheroidal galaxies based on 207 and 162 discrete stellar velocities, respectively. Both …

The internal dynamics of the Local Group dwarf elliptical galaxies NGC 147, 185 and 205

S De Rijcke, P Prugniel, F Simien… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
We present three-integral dynamical models for the three Local Group dwarf elliptical
galaxies: NGC 147, 185 and 205. These models are fitted to the Two-Micron All-Sky Survey …

The stellar content of the isolated transition dwarf galaxy DDO210

AW McConnachie, N Arimoto, M Irwin… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Abstract We use Subaru Suprime-Cam and VLT FORS1 photometry of the dwarf galaxy
DDO210 to study the global stellar content and structural properties of a transition-type …

Proper Motions and Orbits of Distant Local Group Dwarf Galaxies from a Combination of Gaia and Hubble Data

P Bennet, E Patel, ST Sohn… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
We have determined the proper motions (PMs) of 12 dwarf galaxies in the Local Group (LG),
ranging from the outer Milky Way (MW) halo to the edge of the LG. We used the Hubble …