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Scientific paper
Oct 1994
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994apj...433..553j&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 433, no. 2, p. 553-566
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Astronomical Models, Astronomical Photometry, Elliptical Galaxies, Ellipticity, Galactic Clusters, Lenticular Bodies, Luminosity, Charge Coupled Devices, Imagery, Reflecting Telescopes
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Differences and similarities of E and S0 galaxies have been investigated on basis of new CCD surface photometry in Gunn r for 171 galaxies within the central square degree of the Coma Cluster; 146 of the galaxies are classified as E or S0. The galaxies form a magnitude-limited sample with Gunn r less than or equal to 15.3 mag. Together with the sample of Virgo galaxies compiled by Caon et al. (1993), this sample is one of the first volume-limited samples. The isophotal shapes of the galaxies have been studied in terms of ellipticity, c4 and c6. The sample is deficit of apparently round S0 galaxies. The distribution of the apparent ellipticities for the S0 galaxies cannot be fitted satisfactorily with any simple distribution of the intrinsic ellipticities. This suggests that face-on S0 galaxies have been classified as ellipticals. It is shown that the ellipticity-c4 diagram can be used for determination of relative disk luminosities, LD/Ltot. The distribution of LD/Ltot for galaxies fainter than MB(sub T) = -22 mag is very broad (H0 = 50 km/(s Mpc) is used). The distribution is best fitted by a model where 10% of the galaxies are diskless and 90% of the galaxies are drawn from a distribution which is uniform from zero to one. This model also predicts distributions of apparent ellipticities, c4, and inclinations which are in agreement with the data. E galaxies brighter than MB(sub T) = -22 mag do not show any evidence of disks and may form another class. The sample contains no S0 galaxies brighter than MB(sub T) = -22 mag. Our analysis implies that the E and S0 galaxies fainter than MB(sub T) = -22 mag form one class of galaxies with a continuous change in LD/Ltot. Face-on members of this class are mostly classified as E galaxies while more edge-on members are classified as S0 galaxies. Further, it is found that only 12% of all the galaxies in the sample are truly diskless systems. The diskless systems contribute approximately 30% to the total luminosity of the sample, most of this originates from the six brightest galaxies.
Franx Marijn
Jorgensen Inger
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