Colors, magnitudes, and velocity dispersions in early-type galaxies: Implications for galaxy ages and metallicities

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 61-72

  Bernardi, Mariangela ^a,b   Sheth, Ravi K ^a,b   Nichol, Robert C ^c   Schneider, D P ^d   Brinkmann, J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e APACHE POINT OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: elliptical and lenticular, cD; Galaxies: evolution; Galaxies: fundamental parameters; Galaxies: photometry; Galaxies: stellar content

Indexed keywords

EID: 14644412339     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/426336     Document Type: Article

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