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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
earth and planetary sciences
The 6dF galaxy survey: Fundamental Plane data
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 443, No. 2, Year 2014
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Description
We report the 6dFGS Fundamental Plane (6dFGSv) catalogue that is used to estimate distances and peculiar velocities for nearly 9000 early-type galaxies in the local (z < 0.055) universe. Velocity dispersions are derived by cross-correlation from 6dF V-band spectra with typical S/N of 12.9Å-1 for a sample of 11 315 galaxies; the median velocity dispersion is 163 km s-1 and the median measurement error is 12.9 per cent. The photometric Fundamental Plane (FP) parameters (effective radii and surface brightnesses) are determined from the JHK 2MASS images for 11 102 galaxies. Comparison of the independent J-and K-band measurements implies that the average uncertainty in XFP, the combined photometric parameter that enters the FP, is 0.013 dex (3 per cent) for each band. Visual classification of morphologies was used to select a sample of nearly 9000 early-type galaxies that form 6dFGSv. This catalogue has been used to study the effects of stellar populations on galaxy scaling relations, to investigate the variation of the FP with environment and galaxy morphology, to explore trends in stellar populations through, along and across the FP, and to map and analyse the local peculiar velocity field. © 2014 The Authors. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Authors & Co-Authors
Campbell, Lachlan A.
Australia
Australian Astronomical Observatory
Lucey, John R.
United Kingdom, Durham
Durham University
Colless, Matthew
Australia
Australian Astronomical Observatory
Australia, Canberra
The Australian National University
Jones, Daniel Heath
Australia
Australian Astronomical Observatory
Australia, Clayton
Monash University
Springob, Christopher M.
Australia
Australian Astronomical Observatory
Australia, Perth
The University of Western Australia
Australia, Sydney
Arc Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics
Magoulas, Christina
Australia
Australian Astronomical Observatory
Australia, Melbourne
School of Physics
Proctor, Robert N.
Brazil, Sao Cristovao
Observatório Nacional
Mould, Jeremy R.
Australia, Melbourne
School of Physics
Australia, Hawthorn
Swinburne University of Technology
Read, Michael A.
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
Royal Observatory
Brough, Sarah
Australia
Australian Astronomical Observatory
Jarrett, Thomas H.
United States, Pasadena
Spitzer Science Center
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Merson, Alexander I.
United Kingdom, Durham
Durham University
United Kingdom, London
University College London
Lah, Philip
Australia, Canberra
The Australian National University
Beutler, Florian
Australia, Perth
The University of Western Australia
United States, Berkeley
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Cluver, Michelle E.
Australia
Australian Astronomical Observatory
United States, Pasadena
Spitzer Science Center
Parker, Quentin A.
Australia
Australian Astronomical Observatory
Australia, Sydney
Macquarie University
Statistics
Citations: 45
Authors: 16
Affiliations: 15
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1093/mnras/stu1198
ISSN:
00358711
e-ISSN:
13652966
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Quantitative