The elongated structure of the Hercules dwarf spheroidal galaxy from deep Large Binocular Telescope imaging

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 668, Issue 1 PART 2, 2007, Pages

  Coleman, Matthew G ^a   De Jong, Jelte T A ^a   Martin, Nicolas F ^a   Rix, Hans Walter ^a   Sand, David J ^b,c   Bell, Eric F ^a   Pogge, Richard W ^d   Thompson, David J ^b   Hippelein, H ^a   Giallongo, E ^e   Ragazzoni, R ^e   DiPaola, Andrea ^e   Farinato, Jacopo ^f   Smareglia, Riccardo ^g   Testa, Vincenzo ^e   Bechtold, Jill ^b   Hill, John M ^b   Garnavich, Peter M ^h   Green, Richard F ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c Chandra Fellow ^*  (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI ROMA   (Italy)

^f INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI PADOVA   (Italy)

^g INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

^h HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Galaxies: Individual (Hercules dwarf spheroidal galaxy); Galaxies: Kinematics and dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 39049098411     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/522672     Document Type: Article

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