Gilmore G. F. (2008) sample of spiral galaxy data (open red circles); (2) the URC relation (solid blue line; Shankar et al. The galaxy was discovered by astronomer John Herschel on January 18, 1828. They are classified as ‘dI.’ Lastly, there is the dwarf spiral galaxy, classified as ‘dS’. Teller E.. Moore B. A barred, grand design dwarf spiral (classification dSBc), ISG 23 is characterized by its two long, sweeping arms which have been stretched by tidal forces from Inti. (2007, 2009a,b) and Mateo, Olszewski & Walker (2008) for the Milky Way’s ‘classical” dSph satellites Carina, Draco, Fornax, Leo I, Leo II, Sculptor, Sextans and Ursa Minor. Epinat B. It is assumed to lie at the same distance as the Virgo Cluster itself: around 54 million light years away. Bullock J. S. लेकिन वैज्ञानिक इससे बिलकुल इत्तेफाक नहीं रखते हैं. M59 is a member of the Virgo Cluster, with the nearest component being separated from M59 by 8′ and around 5 magnitudes fainter. Mamon G. A.. Koch A. It was rediscovered by astronomer Arnold Schwassmann on January 23, 1900 and was listed as IC 3438. Jablonka P.. Chemin L. 2007a,b; Walker et al. NGC 5846 is an elliptical galaxy located in the constellation Virgo. 2008) that these profiles are consistent with the cuspy dark matter haloes produced in cosmological N-body simulations (e.g. Gladders M. D.. Kleyna J. Koch A. Ongoing observations of Local Group dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs), which occupy the faint end of the luminosity function of pressure-supported systems, are currently yielding crucial information about the properties of the dark and luminous components in these objects and, in turn, on the underlying physical properties of DM haloes (e.g. 2005, 2006; Koch et al. The long-dashed line shows the Donato et al. Frenk C. S. Yegorova I. Theoretically, the development of a physical picture of the processes which shape the halo profiles of dSphs and which could lead to the existence of apparently similar scaling relations between halo properties over a wide range of galaxy luminosities is an important research goal for the coming years. The Local Group actually experiences the mass of the Virgo Supercluster as the Virgocentric flow. First, is the distribution of DM on galactic (i.e. Hsieh B. C. The galaxy was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on February 2, 1786. Grebel E. K. 2002; Goerdt et al. We allow the velocity anisotropy of the stellar distribution to vary in order to reproduce the observed dispersion profiles as closely as possible. Comparison of the distribution of the characteristic baryonic scale RD versus stellar mass for dSphs (points; this paper) with the corresponding relation in spirals (from PSS). Kormendy 1985, 1987, 1990; Burkert 1995; Kormendy & Freeman 2004). de Blok W. J. G. However, further observational and modelling work is required to constrain the halo profiles more tightly. Evans N. W. Wilkinson M. I. 1.cluster of galaxies clusterss: appear to be collections of galaxies held together,Spiral galaxy,dwarf elliptical galaxy smallest galaxy,solar system,sun. Kleyna J. T. Messier 90 is an intermediate spiral galaxy exhibiting a weak inner ring structure about 60 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. ... Astronomers noted, “We … Tortora C.. Navarro J. F. Astronomers are a step closer to solving a cosmic mystery, thanks to new Hubble data. It is located at a distance of circa 55 million light years from Earth, which, given its apparent dimensions, means that NGC 4278 is about 65,000 light years across. However, it is not considered to be a member of that cluster. M58 is one of the brightest galaxies in the Virgo Cluster. NGC 4492 was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on December 28, 1785. It lies near 110 Virginis and is part of the Herschel 400 Catalogue. Pasetto et al. NGC 4278 is an elliptical galaxy located in the constellation Coma Berenices. Sancisi R. Unsurprisingly, under the assumption of Burkert haloes for dSphs, the inclusion of velocity anisotropy as a free parameter improves the quality of the dispersion profile fits relative to those obtained for isotropic models. Velocity dispersion profiles for the Milky Way’s eight ‘classical’ dSph satellites. While the actual (M/L)V ratios may vary by about a factor of 2 depending on the details of the stellar populations (see e.g. 2008). Moore B. kpc) scales really universal? Olszewski E. W. Gallagher J. S. III Salucci P. Researchers think the galaxy's shape is caused by the gravitational influence of a companion dwarf galaxy. Oh S.-H. It was recently discovered (Donato et al. 2009b). Mark I. Wilkinson, Mark I. Wilkinson 2 Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH. Read J. I. Unlike our spiral galaxy, this one lacks a clean spiral shape. All these data can be reproduced by the relation log   ρ0≃α  log   r0+ const with 0.9 < α < 1.1. 2009a). 2004; Wilkinson et al. It furthers the University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide, This PDF is available to Subscribers Only. [1] The galaxies may be considered a subclass of low-surface-brightness galaxies. Vergani D. Wyse R. F. G.. Koch A. Lake G.. Metropolis A. W. 2010; Cole, Dehnen & Wilkinson 2011). 2007a; Strigari et al. In columns 4–9, the median value of the parameter is given together with error bars which enclose the central 68 per cent (95 per cent) of the marginalized 1D probability distribution function for the parameter. 2008; Walker & Peñarrubia 2011; Amorisco & Evans 2012). The Local Group is the galaxy group that includes the Milky Way.It has a total diameter of … NGC 4492 lies in the direction of the Virgo Cluster. Granato G. L.. Gentile G. Overplotted are the best-fitting profiles obtained under the assumptions of Burkert DM haloes, Plummer light profiles and radially constant velocity anisotropy. Dehnen W.. Peñarrubia J. Bosma A.. Lisker T. Lasky P. In contrast, our knowledge of the mass distribution in pressure-supported systems such as elliptical galaxies is still limited (see Napolitano, Romanowsky & Tortora 2010 for a recent summary of the state of the art). Kleyna J. T. A subtype of the dwarf elliptical galaxy is the dwarf spheroidal galaxy (dSph). Gilmore G. F. Thus, where necessary, we associate the spiral disc length-scale RD with the radius 0.64rh in the dSphs. The outline of the paper is as follows. [1] [3] Nonetheless, dwarf galaxies with spiral-like structure have been identified within the Virgo Cluster and Coma Cluster. The researchers studied the galaxy across the spectrum using archival data from the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope, the Two Micron All Sky Survey, and NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, as well as GALEX. 2010), can result in universal scaling relations spanning three orders of magnitude in density and length-scales. Kennicutt R. C. Jr. El-Zant A. This bundle of bright stars and dark dust is a dwarf spiral galaxy known as NGC 4605, located around 16 million light-years away in the constellation of Ursa Major (The Great Bear). As in the case of the relation in Fig. Adén D. Stadel J.. Grebel E. K. β= 0). Moore B. Large data sets comprising between several hundred and several thousand individual stellar velocities per galaxy have now been acquired for all the luminous dSphs surrounding the Milky Way (Kleyna et al. 2010, 2011; Kalirai et al. Pac. 1998), the uncertainties in the modelling results are dominated by the unknown velocity anisotropy. However, we also find that the scatter in the ρ0–r0 relation is smaller for anisotropic models – thus the better we reproduce the observed dispersion profiles using Burkert haloes, the tighter is the correlation between the halo parameters. For example, while the sizes of spiral galaxies are presumably fixed by the angular momentum of the gas from which they form, most of the present-day dSphs show no signs of rotation (although Battaglia et al. 2007; Koch et al. [1] The galaxies may be considered a subclass of low-surface-brightness galaxies. July 19, 2015, Astronomy.com online Picture of the Day, August 26, 2015; Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, Oct. 2015 This interesting object is dwarf spiral galaxy NGC6503. However, the mass profiles remain less well determined. An even more interesting comparison can be done involving the mean DM surface density within the dark halo core radius (the radius within which the volume density profile of DM remains approximately flat). Wadsley J. Subsequently, a number of studies have demonstrated that macroscopic core formation in galaxy haloes is possible through the infall of compact baryonic (or baryon dominated) subclumps (El-Zant, Shlosman & Hoffman 2001; Jardel & Sellwood 2009; Goerdt et al. 5 we show the ρ0 versus RD relationship for our dSph sample compared with the corresponding relation for spirals from PSS. ADS. 2007; Peñarrubia, McConnachie & Navarro 2008; Strigari et al. Evans N. W. 2007a,b; Battaglia et al. [3] [4] [5] [6]. This result is intriguing, and could point to a common physical process responsible for the formation of cores in galactic haloes of all sizes, or to a strong coupling between the DM and luminous matter in dSphs. Mayer L. 2004, 2005, 2007; see also Chemin, de Blok & Mamon 2011). Yee H. K. C. अंतरिक्ष का रहस्य सुलझाने में वैज्ञानिक जुट हुए हैं. It has been demonstrated (Koch et al. Additionally, high-redshift dSph precursors most likely contributed significantly to the build-up of the stellar halo of the Milky Way (Helmi 2008). 2, we find similar ρ0 versus r0 relationships independent of whether the mass profiles are obtained from rotation curves or from gravitational lensing data and irrespective of whether the analysis is performed on individual or co-added rotation curves. In the most luminous objects, the stellar disc is almost self-gravitating with DM contributing significantly to the dynamics only at larger radii. The unofficial name is Tiffany's Epiphany. We assume that the stellar mass-to-light ratios (M/L)V are unity. Dwarf galaxies' formation and activity are thought to be heavily influenced by interactions with larger galaxies. Lin H. Dehnen W. Walter F. From 1779 it was arguably the farthest known astronomical object until the release of the New General Catalogue in the 1880s and even more so the publishing of redshift values in the 1920s. In addition, several authors have presented arguments which suggest that the internal kinematics of dSphs may be more consistent with cored haloes (Kleyna et al. NGC 4522 is an edge-on spiral galaxy located about 60 million light-years away within the Virgo Cluster in the constellation Virgo. Mateo (1998) found that the variation of the mass-to-light ratios of dSphs with total luminosity was consistent with all dSphs containing similar masses of dark matter within the volume occupied by their stellar distributions. Their physical properties (luminosity, stellar scalelength and baryon fraction) are typically two orders of magnitude different from those observed for spiral and elliptical galaxies. We found 5 very low-surface-brightness dwarf galaxies around M63. With a mass of about a hundredth that of the Milky Way, NGC 5949 is a relatively bulky example of a dwarf galaxy. Zemp M.. Goerdt T. Olszewski E. W.. Walker M. G. The data are: (1) the Spano et al. Lapi A. 1). Hoffman Y.. Forbes D. Gnedin O. Y. van der Hulst J. M. It was discovered by Charles Messier in 1781. On the other hand, the fact that the dSph kinematics can be reproduced using Burkert DM halo profiles whose structural parameters lie on the same scaling relations as those of spirals provides some support for the claim that the mass distributions in dSph galaxies can be understood within the same framework as those of spirals. Every star that you see in this image is in the foreground, with the galaxy far in the distance at around 17 million light years. Berczik P. Swaters R. S. Keane M. J.. Mateo M. L. It is, however, an intrinsically difficult task both observationally, in terms of measuring velocities for sufficient numbers of tracers, and from a dynamical modelling point of view, due the lack of precise information on the dynamical state of the stellar populations. As can be seen in Fig. The Centaurus A/M83 Group is a complex group of galaxies in the constellations Hydra, Centaurus, and Virgo. 2005); (ii) NGC 3741 (triangle) the darkest spiral in the local Universe based on its kinematics; (iii) the ‘classical’ Milky Way dSph satellites (filled circles), based on their internal stellar kinematics (this paper). Helmi A. Unlike the first two kinds of dwarf galaxies, the dS are very rare. (2007) recently showed that the kinematic data and additional features in a small number of the well-studied dSphs are consistent with cored DM potentials, under the assumptions of spherical symmetry and velocity isotropy. A dwarf spiral galaxy is the dwarf version of a spiral galaxy. However, it is not considered a member of the cluster but is a member of the Virgo II Groups which form a southern extension of the Virgo Cluster. 2007) and DDO 47 (MB= 14.6; Gentile et al. Olszewski E. W. Kazantzidis S. Chincarini G. While the origin of these scaling relations is unclear, the finding that a single DM halo profile is consistent with kinematic data in galaxies of widely varying size, luminosity and Hubble type is important for our understanding of observed galaxies and must be accounted for in models of galaxy formation. It was discovered by English astronomer William Herschel on March 14, 1784, who described it as "large, extended, resolvable, 6 or 7′ long". This galaxy’s spiral structure is not obvious from this image, but NGC 4605 is … Wilkinson M. I. The velocity dispersion profiles alone cannot distinguish between cored and cusped haloes due to the degeneracy between mass and velocity anisotropy (see e.g. A number of important questions remain unanswered. Gilmore G. F. Salucci P. Moreover, when the mass modelling is performed using Burkert haloes, a tight relation between ρ0 and r0 (and also between other parameters like the disc and virial masses) emerges (PSS; Donato, Gentile & Salucci 2004; Salucci et al. Quinn T. NGC 4476 was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on April 12, 1784. 2010). Wyn Evans N. Mateo M. Burkert A. NGC6503, Dwarf Spiral Galaxy Click image for full size version. Dalcanton & Hogan (2001) argued that the phase-space densities of DM haloes suggested that warm DM (either collisional or collisionless) could not be the cause of cores in galaxy haloes on all scales. Nevertheless, it interesting to speculate on the possible implications of these scaling laws for our understanding of DM. Kleyna J. T. The color composite was assembled from images taken in visible and near-infrared light. Assuming spherical symmetry, the Jeans equation for a non-rotating system can be written (. This implies a larger proportion of dark matter in the less luminous objects, a general characteristic of spiral galaxy haloes (Persic & Salucci 1988; de Blok et al. Grebel E. K.. Goerdt T. Klimentowski J. For each free parameter, we take the 1D posterior probability distribution obtained from our MCMC chains as the observational constraint, given our modelling assumptions. To emphasize the very different ranges of baryonic mass and extent probed by the dSphs and the spiral galaxies in our sample, in Fig. (2009). If provided, … Bars are found in about half of all spiral galaxies. 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MGW is supported by NASA through Hubble Fellowship grant HST-HF-51283.01-A, awarded by the Space Telescope Science Institute, which is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., for NASA, under contract NAS5-26555. As discussed above, in our present analysis, we assume Burkert profiles for the dark matter haloes of the dSphs in order to provide a basis for comparison with spiral galaxies. For years, astronomers have seen evidence that – at least in our own local neighborhood — spiral galaxies are consuming smaller dwarf galaxies. Sen B. Ultra Compact Dwarfs. This image of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 613 was snapped by Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS). Conconi P. Łokas E. L. 2007; Battaglia et al. In the present paper, we investigate whether DM haloes of Burkert form are consistent with the observed kinematics of the luminous Milky Way dSphs. Conversely, a Burkert profile with structural parameters predicted by the extrapolation of the relation between halo central density and DM core radius previously found from Burkert fits to the kinematics of elliptical and spiral galaxies can account for the observed internal kinematics in dSphs. de Jong J. T. A. Dwarf Galaxy Caught Ramming Into a Large Spiral Galaxy | NASA Astronomers identify numerous types of dwarf galaxies, based on their shape and composition. The oldest spiral galaxy on file is BX442. The bigger and more massive a galaxy is, the less common it is. In Section 2, we summarize the observational data used in our study and describe in detail the analysis of the dSph data. Kaplinghat M. Messier 59 and the nearby elliptical galaxy Messier 60 were both discovered by Johann Gottfried Koehler in April 1779 during observations of a comet in the same part of the sky. At eleven billion years old, it is more than two billion years older than any previous discovery. dSph structural parameters and results of our mass modelling. Examples; Location; References; Dwarf spiral galaxies, particularly the dwarf counterparts of Sa-Sc type spiral … With the exception of Sextans, the halo parameters obtained for our sample are consistent with those in Table 1 within the quoted uncertainties. 2006). Quinn T. Irwin M. 2009) that this quantity μ0 (μ0≡ρ0 r0) is constant across a wide range of galaxies of different Hubble type and luminosity and that this relation holds also for dSphs, as we confirm in Fig. Further dynamical analysis is needed to derive the actual DM distribution in dSph and possibly to estimate their halo core radii. The potential implications of the constancy of μ0 are discussed in Donato et al. Klein U. Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have captured an amazing new photo of the medium-sized, face-on spiral galaxy NGC 6946. The Dwarf irregular galaxies, on the other hand, show strong signs of star formation and contain a lot of gas. These authors suggested a dynamical origin for the cores of larger galaxies. D'Onghia E. Some of the comparisons between dSphs and spirals require us to define a stellar length-scale for the dSphs which plays the same role as the disc scalelength RD in spirals. 2009b), based on extended velocity dispersion profiles rather than central velocity dispersions alone, have generally supported this conclusion. They have low luminosity, hydrogen mass and small diameters. Computer models based on that assumption indicate that BX442's spiral structure will last about 100 million years. It is worth noting that a potential connection between spiral galaxies and dSphs does not appear as natural as one between dSphs and other hot, spheroidal systems (Dabringhausen, Hilker & Kroupa 2008; Forbes et al. NGC 4457 is a spiral galaxy located about 55 million light-years away in the constellation of Virgo. It is thought that there are at least 170 billion galaxies in the universe. IC 4970, the small disk galaxy interacting with NGC 6872, is located above the spiral's central region. Klein U. For example, Adén et al. van Albada T. S.. Pasetto S. Astron. Gilmore G. Charles Messier listed both in the Messier Catalogue about three days after Koehler's discovery. For each free parameter (and combinations thereof), Table 1 identifies the median value and confidence intervals that enclose the central 68 per cent (and 95 per cent) of accepted points in our chains. Teller A. H. Evans N. W. 2006; Battaglia et al. Google Scholar. Stadel J. Paolo Salucci, Mark I. Wilkinson, Matthew G. Walker, Gerard F. Gilmore, Eva K. Grebel, Andreas Koch, Christiane Frigerio Martins, Rosemary F. G. Wyse, Dwarf spheroidal galaxy kinematics and spiral galaxy scaling laws, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 420, Issue 3, March 2012, Pages 2034–2041, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.20144.x. Colpi M. Gilmore G.. Klimentowski J. AK thanks the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft for funding from Emmy-Noether grant Ko 4161/1. Interestingly, all three analyses favour cored haloes over cusped ones. Wilkinson M. I. However, the existence of scaling relations between the central density and core radius over three orders of magnitude in both quantities would argue against this explanation, unless the warm DM spectrum is extremely fine-tuned. 2, we plot ρ0 versus r0 for the eight dSphs in our sample. NGC 4522 is losing its molecular gas though ram-pressure stripping as it plows though the cluster at a speed of more than 10 million kilometres per hour. Dwarf spheroidal galaxies are the lowest luminosity stellar systems which show evidence of dynamically significant DM. 2004; Gilmore et al. The impact between the dwarf galaxy and the spiral galaxy caused a shock wave-akin to a sonic boom on Earth-that generated hot gas with a temperature of about 6 million degrees. Firmani C. Lundström I.. Battaglia G. Halo central density ρ0 versus stellar length-scale RD for spirals (solid curve) and dSphs (points). Gilmore et al. As discussed above, Burkert halo models provide excellent fits to individual spiral galaxy rotation curves as well as to samples of co-added rotation curves. Grebel E. K. 2007), it does not necessarily follow that Burkert profiles in particular reproduce the observed kinematic data. Observations with NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have revealed a massive cloud of multimillion-degree gas in a galaxy about 60 million light years from Earth. When we restrict ourselves to isotropic models, the best-fitting r0 for Sextans falls to the significantly smaller value of 47 pc. White S. D. M.. Noordermeer E. The parameters of each fit, together with associated confidence limits, are listed in Table 1. Extensive modelling of both individual and co-added spiral galaxy rotation curves (RCs) has generally concluded that almost maximal stellar discs embedded in cored DM haloes reproduce the data better than models with cosmologically motivated, cusped DM haloes (PSS; Salucci & Burkert 2000; de Blok, McGaugh & Rubin 2001; de Blok & Bosma 2002; Marchesini 2002; Gentile et al. 2, the dSph data are consistent with the extrapolation of the relation seen in spirals. NGC 4607 is an edge-on spiral galaxy located about 56 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. Wilkinson M. I. NGC 4586 is currently in the process of infalling into the Virgo Cluster and is predicted to enter the cluster in about 500 million years. Our analysis is particularly susceptible to this degeneracy due to our restriction of the modelling to Burkert halo profiles. Dwarf galaxies, containing up to a few billion stars, are challenging to identify because of their low luminosity, low mass, and small size. If the haloes of dSphs do indeed follow the scaling laws defined by more massive disc galaxies, this could lend indirect support to evolutionary histories of this kind. 2008; Evans, An & Walker 2009). Willman B. As the existence of Dwarf spiral galaxies will play a major role in spiral arms may have influence on those properties, many problems of the utmost importance due to we will refer to dwarf spirals as those disc galax- their small sizes and lack of dynamical complexity. It will collide with the galaxy Andromeda in about 4 billion years. 2008). The significance of this relation derives from the fact that it links the DM and baryonic matter properties of galaxies on a wide range of length-scales: qualitatively, the ‘central’ densities of DM haloes increase as the extent of their associated stellar components decreases. This is consistent with the fact that Sextans is unique in requiring tangential anisotropy to obtain a good fit to the dispersion profile – the best-fitting isotropic model does not match the profile of Sextans interior to 200 pc. Navarro, Frenk & White 1997), as well as with more general families of haloes that range from centrally cored to steeply cusped (Walker et al. Marcelin M. Brinks E. It does not have a classical bulge around the nucleus. [1] Strong gravitational interactions between galaxies and interactions between galaxies and intracluster gas are expected to destroy the disks of most dwarf spiral galaxies. It is about 1,000 light-years thick and about 100,000 light-years across. Vogt S. S. 2002). Mateo et al. Search for other works by this author on: The Jeans equation relates the density and velocity dispersion of the stellar component to the mass profile of the DM halo. Governato F. Navarro J. F.. Salucci P. the dSph halo parameters were obtained via a different approach). NGC 4596 was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on March 15, 1784. In the previous section, we showed that Burkert halo profiles provide good fits to the dSph kinematic data (Fig. A number of recent papers have made progress towards this goal in the subset of dSphs which exhibit kinematically distinct subpopulations in their stellar components (Battaglia et al. The galaxy was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on March 15, 1784 and is a member of the Virgo Cluster. (2001) have proposed a formation scenario for dSphs in which they are initially low-mass disc galaxies that are subsequently transformed into spheroids by tidal interaction with the Milky Way. लोगों का कहना है कि अंतरिक्ष में स्वर्ग है. As in the case of spiral galaxies, a number of authors have found evidence of universality in the DM halo properties of dSph galaxies. Lapi A. Read J. I. Wilkinson M. I. (2008) relation is shown as a dashed line. 2009, for some related discussion of this point). de Blok W. J. G. Wyse R. F. G. Our galaxy, the Milky Way, is a spiral galaxy containing approximately 200 billion stars. Ring galaxies have a bulge just as spiral galaxies, and a larger stellar ring structure. Salucci P.. Gilmore G. Evans N. W. Further work is required to explore whether such processes, in conjunction with subsequent star formation and feedback (e.g. Harbeck D. R.. Kuzio de Naray R. Thornley M. D. Although the DM densities in dSphs are typically almost two orders of magnitude higher than those found in (larger) disc systems, we find consistency between dSph kinematics and Burkert DM haloes whose core radii r0 and central densities ρ0 lie on the extrapolation of the scaling law seen in spiral galaxies: log   ρ0≃α  log   r0+ const with 0.9 < α < 1.1. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic. See Section 1 for the definition of RD used for the dSph sample. Simon J. D. NGC 4651 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation of Coma Berenices that can be seen with amateur telescopes, at a distance not well determined that ranges from 35 million light years to 72 million light years. Governato F. Mateo M. The recently coined term, hobbit galaxy has been used to describe galaxies smaller and dimmer than dwarf galaxies. Its classification as a dwarf is due to its relatively small number of constituent stars, but the galaxy’s loosely-bound spiral arms also place it in the category of barred spirals. Evans N. W. Wyse R. F. G. Graham A. We present a deep (50 hours exposed) image of the nearby spiral galaxy M 63 (NGC 5055), taken with a 0.14-m aperture telescope. The volume of the currently available data is sufficient to measure the dynamical masses interior to the stellar distributions of the dSphs. 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