Abstract
The very few red compact galaxies that are known have been found near more massive galaxies: M 32 near M 31, NGC 4486B near M 87.
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Do these low-luminosity ellipticals owe their very high surface brightness to gravitational interaction, or are they the genuine low-mass end of the family of ellipticals?
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Is it possible to find galaxies that would fill the gap between these compacts and normal ellipticals?
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Davoust, E., Considère, S., Prugniel, P., Denis, N. (1992). On the Nature of the Compact Galaxies in the UGC. In: Longo, G., Capaccioli, M., Busarello, G. (eds) Morphological and Physical Classification of Galaxies. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 178. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2522-2_42
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