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The near-IR luminosity-metallicity relation of dwarf irregular galaxies

Ivo Saviane, Enrico V. Held, Valentin Ivanov, Danielle Alloin, Fabio Bresolin, R. Michael Rich, Luca Rizzi, Yazan Momany

astro-pharXiv:astro-ph/0505341

Abstract

We report on the recent developments of our long-term investigation of the near-IR luminosity-metallicity relation for dwarf irregular galaxies in nearby groups. A very well-defined relation is emerging from our observational database, and a preliminary discussion of its implications is given.

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