Faint dwarf spheroidals in the Fornax cluster a flat luminosity function

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 397, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Hilker, M ^a   Mieske, S ^a,b   Infante, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Galaxies: clusters: individual: Fornax cluster; Galaxies: dwarf; Galaxies: fundamental parameters; Galaxies: luminosity function

Indexed keywords

COLOR; FUNCTIONS; GALAXIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

FAINT DWARF SPHEROIDALS; FORNAX CLUSTER; LUMINOSITY FUNCTION;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 0037252912     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20021766     Document Type: Letter

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