Properties of 513 isolated galaxies in the Local Supercluster
arXiv:0907.4693
Abstract
We introduce the first entire-sky catalog of the most isolated nearby galaxies with radial velocities VLG<3500 km/s. This kind of cosmic "orphans" amounts to 4% among all known galaxies within the same velocity range. We describe a criterion of isolation applied to select our sample, the "Local Orphan Galaxies", and discuss their basic optical and HI properties.
to be published in the proceedings of the conference "Galaxies in Isolation: Exploring Nature vs. Nurture", Granada, 12-15 May 2009