Detailed structural decomposition of galaxy images

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 124, Issue 1 1759, 2002, Pages 266-293

  Peng, Chien Y ^a   Ho, Luis C ^b   Impey, Chris D ^a   Rix, Hans Walter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE OBSERVATORIES   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Galaxies: bulges; Galaxies: fundamental parameters; Galaxies: nuclei; Galaxies: structure; Techniques: image processing; Techniques: photometric

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041488685     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/340952     Document Type: Article

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