Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2004-01-30
Astrophys.J. 607 (2004) 241-246
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
22 pages including 4 tables and 3 figures. Accepted for publication at ApJ
Scientific paper
10.1086/383298
The Tully-Fisher relationship is subject to morphological type dependence such that galaxies of morphology similar to ScI galaxies and Seyfert galaxies are more luminous at a given rotational velocity than galaxies of other morphological classification. This effect is most prevalent in the B-band. It is shown that the type effect is not simply an artifact of the calibrator sample, but is also present in cluster samples. The type effect is corrected by creating type dependent Tully-Fisher relations for ScI group galaxies and Sb/ScIII group galaxies. It is shown that with single calibrations, the distances to ScI group galaxies are systematically underestimated while the distances to Sb/ScIII group galaxies are systematically overestimated. Tully-Fisher slope and scatter is also considered in the context of Type Dependent Tully-Fisher relations. It is concluded that the use of type dependent Tully-Fisher relations provide significant improvement in the distances to individual galaxies and refined distances to clusters of galaxies.
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