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The velocity fields of elliptical galaxies: constraints on intrinsic shapes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2017

T. S. Statler  and
A. M. Fry
T. S. Statler
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-3255, USA
A. M. Fry
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-3255, USA

Abstract

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The problem of determining the intrinsic shapes of elliptical galaxies cannot be solved using photometry alone. Measuring rotation on the apparent major and minor axes adds a kinematic constraint, but does not significantly improve the situation. We find that having two more spectra, at the ±45° position angles, gives enough kinematic information that much tighter limits can be placed on the intrinsic axis ratios than are possible otherwise.

Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 153: Galactic Bulges , 1993 , pp. 433 - 434
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1993 

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