• DOI:10.1086/374992
Corpus ID: 13284968

HST Photometry of Dwarf Elliptical Galaxies in Coma, and an Explanation for the Alleged Structural Dichotomy between Dwarf and Bright Elliptical Galaxies

@article{Graham2003HSTPO,
  title={HST Photometry of Dwarf Elliptical Galaxies in Coma, and an Explanation for the Alleged Structural Dichotomy between Dwarf and Bright Elliptical Galaxies},
  author={A. Graham and R. Guzm{\'a}n},
  journal={The Astronomical Journal},
  year={2003},
  volume={125},
  pages={2936-2950}
}

A. Graham, R. Guzmán

Published 2003

Physics

The Astronomical Journal

As part of a research program exploring how and why dwarf elliptical (dE) galaxies depart from the fundamental plane defined by luminous elliptical (E) galaxies, we have analyzed archival Hubble Space Telescope F606W images of a sample of 18 dE galaxy candidates in the Coma Cluster. We model the full radial extent of their light profiles by simultaneously fitting a point-spread function (PSF) convolved Sersic R1/n model and, when necessary, either a central point source or a central PSF… CONTINUE READING

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