Modern Techniques in Galaxy Kinematics: Results from Planetary Nebula Spectroscopy

2002/08/06 by Aaron J. Romanowsky, Romanowsky, Aaron J., Nigel G. Douglas +9
Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0208118

Proceedings of IAU Symposium 209

arxiv created 2002/08/06 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

We have observed planetary nebulae (PNe) in several early-type galaxies using new techniques on 4- to 8-meter-class telescopes. We obtain the first large data sets (~ 100 velocities each) of PN kinematics in galaxies at > 15 Mpc, and present some preliminary dynamical results.

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