Minor axis rotation and the intrinsic shape of the shell elliptical NGC 3923

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 294, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 182-186

  Carter, D ^a   Thomson, R C ^b   Hau, G K T ^c  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Galaxies: elliptical and lenticular, cD; Galaxies: general; Galaxies: individual: NGC 3923

Indexed keywords

KINEMATICS; MERGING; ROTATION; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

AXIS ROTATION; ELLIPTICALS; GALAXIES GENERAL; GALAXIES: ELLIPTICAL AND LENTICULAR CD; GALAXIES: INDIVIDUALS; GALAXY: INDIVIDUAL: NGC 3923; INNER REGION; INTRINSIC SHAPE; MAJOR AXIS; MINOR AXIS;

GALAXIES;

EID: 0042837177     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.1998.01287.x     Document Type: Article

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