Calibration of the fundamental plane zero point in the Leo I Group and an estimate of the Hubble constant

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 482, Issue 1 PART I, 1997, Pages 68-74

  Hjorth, Jens ^a,b   Tanvir, Nial R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NORDITA   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Distance scale; Galaxies: clusters: individual (Leo I, Coma); Galaxies: elliptical and lenticular, cD; Galaxies: fundamental parameters; Galaxies: photometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 21744434877     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/304124     Document Type: Article

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