Ongoing Morphological Transformation from Elliptical to Spiral Galaxies Induced by Gas Accretion from Neighboring Galaxies

Gene Yun, Sang Hyeok Im, Ho Seong Hwang +2

We present results from spectroscopic observations of three interacting galaxy systems, each associated with a primary galaxy - VCC 1748, SDSS J1106, and 2MASX J0834 - which have b…