The structure of the isophotes of elliptical galaxies
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- 1 April 1978
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Vol. 182 (4) , 797-799
- https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/182.4.797
Abstract
Models of elliptical galaxies, such as those of Prendergast & Tomer (1970); Wilson (1975); Gott (1975) and Larson (1975) make predictions of the shapes of the isophotes of elliptical galaxies. This paper describes procedures for measurement of parameters representing the shapes of the isophotes of elliptical galaxies, and presents results for a sample of 19 elliptical and SO galaxies in the region of the clusters Abell 2197 and Abell 2199.Keywords
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