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The planetary nebula population in the halo of M 87

Date

Authors

Longobardi, A

Arnaboldi, Magda

Gerhard, Ortwin

Coccato, L

Okamura, S

Freeman, Kenneth

Publisher

Springer

Abstract

Aims. We investigate the diffuse light in the outer regions of the nearby elliptical galaxy M 87 in the Virgo cluster, in the transition region between galaxy halo and intracluster light (ICL). Methods. The diffuse light is traced using planetary nebulas

Keywords

Keywords: Automatic selection; Colour-magnitude diagrams; Galaxies: clusters: General; Galaxies: elliptical and lenticular , CD; Galaxies: halos; Luminosity functions; Planetary nebulae: general; Point-Spread function; Luminance; Stars; Surveys; Galaxies Galaxies: clusters: general; Galaxies: elliptical and lenticular, cD; Galaxies: groups: individual: M 87; Galaxies: halos; Planetary nebulae: general

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/77789

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Type

Journal article

Access Statement

Open Access

DOI

10.1051/0004-6361/201321652

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