Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1999-09-15
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
54 pages, 61 figures, AJ, accepted for publication. Better versions of figures available via ftp://ftp.strw.leidenuniv.nl/pub/
Scientific paper
10.1086/301135
We present and analyse HST/WFPC2 broad- and narrow-band observations of the central regions of 19 nearby radio-loud early-type galaxies. Together with two more galaxies they form a complete sample of Fanaroff & Riley Type I galaxies. We obtained V- and I-band images and narrow-band images centered on the \HalphaNII emission lines. We use archival data for six galaxies. We describe the data reduction, give isophotal fits and analyse the central emission-line gas and dust distributions. Our main conclusions are the following. Although obscuration by dust inhibits a direct determination of central cusp slopes, the data suggest most but not all galaxies have shallow cores. Dust is detected in all but two galaxies. There is a wide variety of central dust morphologies, ranging from central disks to lanes and irregular distributions. The analysis suggests the difference between disks and lanes is intrinsic and not due to different viewing angles. Central emission-line gas is detected in all galaxies. Extended low-surface-brightness emission is always associated with the dust features. In a subsequent paper we will present a detailed analysis of the relation between these central properties and the nuclear activity.
Baum Stefi A.
de Zeeuw Tim P.
O'Dea Christopher P.
Verdoes Kleijn Gijs A.
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