Kinematic properties of early type galaxy halos using planetary nebulae

L. Coccato,O. Gerhard,Magda Arnaboldi,Payel Das,Nigel G. Douglas,K. Kuijken,Merrifield,Nicola R. Napolitano,E. Noordermeer,A. J. Romanowsky,Massimo Capaccioli,A. Cortesi,Flavio De Lorenzi

Kinematic properties of early type galaxy halos using planetary nebulae

2010

L. Coccato
O. Gerhard
Magda Arnaboldi
Payel Das
Nigel G. Douglas
K. Kuijken
Merrifield
Nicola R. Napolitano
E. Noordermeer
A. J. Romanowsky
Massimo Capaccioli
A. Cortesi
Flavio De Lorenzi

We studied the kinematics of the halo of a sample of 16 early type galaxies out to 5-10 effective radii using Planetary Nebulae (PNe) as kinematic tracers (Coccato et al. 2009).

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Planetary nebula
Kinematics
Astrophysics
Galaxy
Physics
early type
Halo
Radius

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