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Sep 1993
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993aj....106..923s&link_type=abstract
Astronomical Journal (ISSN 0004-6256), vol. 106, no. 3, p. 923-938.
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Elliptical Galaxies, Galactic Evolution, Metallicity, Abundance, Astronomical Photometry, Infrared Spectroscopy, Near Infrared Radiation, Spectral Energy Distribution, Star Formation
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A study of medium-to-bright early-type galaxies in six bandpasses from 3500 A to 2.2 microns is presented in order to quantify their colors and color gradients and relate these to metallicity and properties of the underlying stellar population. The Stromgren filter system chosen makes it possible to introduce a new calibration to the Mg(2) system from the present narrow-band v - y indices. A comparison is presented of narrow-band colors centered on particular spectral features vs a color dominated by the mean temperature of the giant branch (i.e., J - K) to test the effects of light vs heavy element abundances on knowledge of the total system metallicity, Z, and the effects of reddening. A good correlation is found between v - y and Mg(2); it provides a connection between one light element metallicity indicator (v - y centers on the CN blend) and another, Mg. The color-magnitude relations for all five optical and near-IR colors are shown. The strongest correlation exists for the metallicity colors, v - y and J - K.
Barsony Mary
Hanlan Patricia C.
Rakos Karl D.
Schombert James M.
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