A Virtual Observatory Census to Address Dwarfs Origins (AVOCADO)

Author: Sánchez-Janssen R.   Amorín R.   García-Vargas M.   Gomes J. M.   Huertas-Company M.   Jiménez-Esteban F.   Mollá M.   Papaderos P.   Pérez-Montero E.   Rodrigo C.   Sánchez Almeida J.   Solano E.  

Publisher: Edp Sciences

E-ISSN: 1432-0746|554|issue|A20-A20

ISSN: 0004-6361

Source: Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol.554, Iss.issue, 2013-05, pp. : A20-A20

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Abstract

Context. Even though they are by far the most abundant of all galaxy types, the detailed properties of dwarf galaxies are still only poorly characterised – especially because of the observational challenge that their intrinsic faintness and weak clustering properties represent.