STRUCTURE AND FORMATION OF cD GALAXIES: NGC 6166 IN ABELL 2199

Hobby–Eberly Telescope (HET) spectroscopy is used to measure the velocity dispersion profile of the nearest prototypical cD galaxy, NGC 6166 in the cluster Abell 2199. We also present composite surface photometry from many telescopes. We confirm the defining feature of a cD galaxy; i.e., (we suggest...

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Main Authors: Bender, Ralf, Kormendy, John, Cornell, Mark E., Fisher, David B.
Other Authors: Lincoln Laboratory
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: IOP Publishing 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/98309