Description
We present R-band CCD photometry for 1332 early-type galaxies, observed as part of the Early-type NEARby galaxies (ENEAR) survey of peculiar motions using early-type galaxies in the nearby universe. Circular apertures are used to trace the surface brightness profiles, which are then fitted by a two-component bulge-disk model. From the fits, we obtain the structural parameters required to estimate galaxy distances using the Dn-{sigma} and fundamental plane relations. The photometric data reported here represent one of the largest high-quality and uniform all-sky samples currently available for early-type galaxies in the nearby universe, especially suitable for peculiar motion studies.
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