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J/ApJS/127/39     Stellar and gas kinematics in early-type galaxies (Caon+ 2000)
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A survey of the ISM in early-type galaxies. III. Stellar and gas kinematics
    Caon C., Macchetto D., Pastoriza M.
   <Astrophys. J. Suppl. Ser. 127, 39 (2000)>
   =2000ApJS..127...39C
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ADC_Keywords: Galaxies, rotation ; Interstellar medium ; Radial velocities
Keywords: galaxies: elliptical and lenticular, cD - galaxies: ISM -
          galaxies: kinematics and dynamics

Description:
    We present data on stellar and gaseous kinematics of 14 gas-rich
    early-type galaxies. File galaxies.dat contains the list of observed
    galaxies, with coordinates, distance, absolute magnitude, and position
    angles. File stellar.dat contains stellar rotation curves and velocity
    dispersion profiles. File gaseous.dat contains the gaseous velocity
    profiles.

File Summary:
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  FileName      Lrecl  Records   Explanations
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ReadMe             80        .   This file
galaxies.dat       61       14   List of observed galaxies
stellar.dat        45      933   Stellar kinematics data
gaseous.dat        33     1577   Gaseous kinematics data
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: galaxies.dat
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   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations
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   1-  8  A8    ----    NGC       Galaxy NGC (Cat. <VII/118>) name
  10- 11  I2    h       RAh       Right ascension (2000)
  13- 14  I2    min     RAm       Right ascension  (2000)
  16- 19  F4.1  s       RAs       Right ascension  (2000)
      21  A1    ----    DE-       Declination sign (2000)
  22- 23  I2    deg     DEd       Declination (2000)
  25- 26  I2    arcmin  DEm       Declination (2000)
  28- 29  I2    arcsec  DEs       Declination (2000)
  31- 35  A5    ----    MType     Morphological type
  37- 40  F4.1  Mpc     Dist      Distance
  42- 47  F6.2  mag     BMAG      Absolute blue magnitude
  50- 51  I2    deg     PA1       ? Observed position angles
  54- 56  I3    deg     PA2       ? Observed position angles
  59- 61  I3    deg     PA3       ? Observed position angles
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: stellar.dat
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   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations
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   1-  8  A8    ----    NGC       Galaxy NGC (Cat. <VII/118>) name
  10- 12  I3    deg     PA        Position angle
  14- 19  F6.2  arcsec  Rad       [-64/63] Radius
  21- 26  F6.1  km/s    RV        Radial Velocity
  28- 31  F4.1  km/s  e_RV        rms uncertainty on radial velocity
  33- 38  F6.1  km/s    Sigma     ?=9999.9 Velocity dispersion
  40- 45  F6.1  km/s  e_Sigma     ?=9999.9 rms uncertainty on sigma
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: gaseous.dat
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   Bytes Format Units   Label     Explanations
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   1-  8  A8    ----    NGC       Galaxy NGC (Cat. <VII/118>) name
  11- 13  I3    deg     PA        Position angle
  15- 20  F6.2  arcsec  Rad       [-42/48] Radius
  22- 27  F6.1  km/s    RV        Radial Velocity
  29- 32  F4.1  km/s  e_RV        rms uncertainty on radial velocity
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Acknowledgements: Nicola Caon <ncaon@ll.iac.es>

References:
    Macchetto et al., Paper I.  (The ionized gas)    1996A&AS..120..463M
    Ferrari et al.,   Paper II. (The dust)           1999A&AS..136..269F
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(End)                                          Patricia Bauer [CDS]  23-Feb-2000

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