Description
We study the properties of the fossil cluster RX J1416.4+2315 through g'- and i'-band imaging and spectroscopy of 25 member galaxies. The system is at a mean redshift of 0.137 and has a velocity dispersion of 584km/s. Superposed onto one quadrant of the cluster field is a group of five galaxies at a mean redshift of 0.131, which, if included as part of the cluster, increases the velocity dispersion to 846km/s. The central object of RX J1416.4+2315 is a normal elliptical galaxy with no cD envelope.
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