Abstract Details

Name: Nagamani P.
Affiliation: Osmania University, hyderabad.
Conference ID: ASI2015_713
Title : "Luminosity Decomposition profiles of pairs of spiral galaxies"
Authors and Co-Authors : P Nagamani^1 Priya Hasan^2 and S N Hasan^3 1. Department of Astronomy, Osmania University, Hyderabad. 2. Department of Physics, MJCET, Hyderabad 3. Department of Mathematics, MANUU, Hyderabad.
Abstract Type : Poster
Abstract Category : Extragalactic astronomy
Abstract : Abstract: In this paper we discuss the GALFIT technique, its caveats and its analysis. Using GALFIT we decompose the luminosity profiles of pairs of spiral galaxies to derive there parameters and using data from 2MASS, WISE, SDSS & HST we explore interactions and possible mergers.