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The inner structure of the S0 galaxy NGC 3384

Meusinger, H.; Ismail, H. A.

We re-investigate the lenticular galaxy NGC 3384, a member of the Leo I galaxy group, using HST and multi-colour Calar Alto observations. Various approaches are used to visualize the two known peculiar components, the so-called inner component (IC) and the elongated component (EC), on the HST images. The methods were checked in detail using synthe…