The centers of early-type galaxies with Hubble Space Telescope. V. New WFPC2 photometry

We present observations of 77 early-type galaxies imaged with the PC1 CCD of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) WFPC2. "Nuker-law" parametric fits to the surface brightness profiles are used to classify the central structure into "core" or "power-law" forms. Core galaxies...

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Main Authors: Lauer, T, Faber, S, Gebhardt, K, Richstone, D, Tremaine, S, Ajhar, E, Aller, M, Bender, R, Dressler, A, Filippenko, A, Green, R, Grillmair, C, Ho, L, Kormendy, J, Magorrian, J, Pinkney, J, Siopis, C
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2005