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VII/176 Photometry and Spectroscopy of Elliptical Galaxies (Faber+ 1989)
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Spectroscopy and Photometry of Elliptical Galaxies. VI. Sample Selection and
Data Summary.
Faber S.M., Wegner G., Burstein D., Davies R.L., Dressler A.,
Lynden-Bell D., Terlevich R.J.
<Astrophys. J. Suppl. Ser. 69, 763 (1989)>
=1989ApJS...69..763F
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ADC_Keywords: Clusters, galaxy ; Photometry ; Redshifts
Keywords: galaxies: clusters: general - galaxies: photometry -
galaxies: distances and redshifts
Description:
Photometric and spectroscopic data are presented for a survey of the
nearest and brightest elliptical galaxies. Distances, velocities
relative to the cosmic rest frame, and residual velocities relative to
a velocity-flow model are calculated for individual galaxies and
groups. Information is provided on the selection and completeness of
the target and observed samples. Both samples appear to be noticeably
deeper in the north than in the south. A new diameter system for
ellipticals is described that is easy to measure on survey prints and
is a useful indicator of B_T_ magnitude.
Important Notices:
* This catalog is NOT the same with that of printed, but is selected.
The original explanation file "a149.doc" from Burstein to Andernach
describes as follows: "This file contains a total of 483 galaxies
having relatively accurate Dn values (quality parameter 2 or better).
Of these 483 galaxies, 385 were used by Lynden-Bell et al. for studies
of the velocity field. The reasons why the 71 galaxies were excluded
from the final survey are detailed in Lynden-Bell et al., and range
from absence of velocity dispersions, a lower limit on velocity
dispersions, and a surface brightness limitation."
* However, the resultant number of galaxies by above elimination is 479,
so the number of records in this file is 479.
* In Lynden-Bell et al. (1988ApJ...326...19L), the following description
is seen (p25L) "Of them, 433 have measured velocity dispersions.
Galaxies with velocity dispersions less than 100 km/s ... eliminated
all 25 of them from final data set. ... (8 more galaxies are
eliminated due to various reasons)." The number of those galaxies
which have no velocity dispersion measurement (0.000 is written in
"logSIG" column) is 46, hence "71" (=46+25) as above. The number 400
(=479-71-8) coincides with that written in the top line of the
Abstract of Lynden-Bell et al. Therefore, the number of "483" written
above seems to be erroneous. The number "385" is seen in the Fig.1 of
Lynden-Bell et al.
* The values in column "B-V0" in the file "table1" are those corrected
according to the ERRATA (ApJS, 71,173 (1989)).
* Columns "n_{B-V}", "D_{FW}", "R_{FW}", "k", "M" and "Remarks" in the
published Table 1 are omitted in the file.
* The blank entries in the published Table 1 is filled, in this file, by
some unexpected values, such as 0 in columns "Ngr", "Vhel", "Vgr",
"B-V0", "SBe", "logSIG", "Mg2", or 0.10 in "BT", -0.99 in "logAe".
* The relevant data have been corrected for extinction, redshift and
cosmological effects, and "logSIG" and "Mg2" are corrected for
distance-dependent aperture effects, as detailed in Davies et
al. (1987ApJS...64..581D).
* For some columns of Table 1, detailed explanations are given in the
paper. In the following "Byte-by-byte Description...", they are
indicated by the page number (e.g., p765L).
File Summary:
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FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
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ReadMe 80 . This file
table1 96 479 Photometric and spectroscopic
obs. data for elliptical galaxies
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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3- 5 I3 --- NO [1,577]+ galaxy ID number in this survey (1)
7- 16 A10 --- Name Galaxy name: 'N'=NGC, 'I'=IC, 'U'=UGC
'E&G'=ESO, 'CR'=Chincarini & Rood(1971),
'A'=anonymous, 'D'=Dressler(1980) (2)
17- 22 F6.2 deg GLON galactic longitude
24- 29 F6.2 deg GLAT galactic latitude
31- 35 F5.2 mag AB galactic extinction in B magnitude. p765R
37- 39 I3 --- Ngr []?=0 number of group to which galaxy is
assigned. p765R
41- 45 I5 km/s Vhel []?=0 observed heliocentric velocity
of galaxy. p765R
47- 51 I5 km/s Vgr []?=0 heliocentric velocity for group. p765R
53- 56 F4.2 mag B-V0 []?=0.00 average B-V color in 67"
diameter aperture (3)
58- 62 F5.2 mag BT []?=0.10 Total magnitude on the RC2
system from fitting to the
photoelectric aperture growth curve.
64- 68 F5.2 0.1arcmin logAe []?=-0.99 de Vaucouleurs effective diameter
expressed as log(Ae/0.1arcmin). p765R
70 I1 --- q_logAe [1,4] quality flag for Ae and SBe. p765R
71 I1 --- q_logDn [1,4] quality flag for Dn. p765R,p777L
72 I1 --- q_BT [1,4] quality flag for BT. p765R,p777L
74- 78 F5.2 mag/arcsec2 SBe []?=0.000 mean B surface brightness
within Ae.
80- 84 F5.2 0.1arcmin logDn angular diameter, "Dn", expressed as
log(Dn/0.1arcmin). p765R
86- 90 F5.3 km/s logSIG []?=0.000 rest-frame nuclear velocity
dispersion, "SIG", expressed as log(SIG).
p777L
92- 96 F5.3 mag Mg2 []?=0.000 nuclear Mg2 index, fully
corrected. p777L
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Note (1): In the published Table 1, the consecutive number is given here.
However, the archived file is not consecutive because of the reason written
in the Notes of Description above. See paper p765L.
Note (2): the abbreviations are:
'N'=NGC, 'I'=IC, 'U'=UGC 'E&G'=ESO, 'A'=anonymous,
'CR'=Chincarini & Rood (1971ApJ...168..321C),
'D'=Dressler (1980ApJS...42..565D); the descriptions "Dressler (1983)"
in the paper should be read "Dressler (1980)", both in text and
in references.
Note (3): This is not that in Table 1, but the true one as described in
ERRATA (ApJS, 71,173 (1989))
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Historical notes:
* The catalogue was provided by courtesy of D.Burstein to H. Andernach;
it was numbered A149 in H. Andernach's "List of Astronomical Catalogues
and Documents kindly provided on request by various authors"
* 14-Mar-1994: First archived (Koichi Nakajima [CDS])
(The date of the latest archiving, see the date of each file.)
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(End) Koichi Nakajima [CDS] 15-Feb-1994