A comparison between velocity dispersion profiles of de Vaucouleurs and King galaxy models
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- 1 February 1981
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Vol. 194 (2) , 195-200
- https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/194.2.195
Abstract
For the first time, graphs of velocity dispersion and projected velocity dispersion against radius are presented for de Vaucouleurs and King galaxy models. We illustrate how these curves can be used to obtain the masses of galaxies by applying them to NGC 3379.Keywords
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