Radial velocities have been observed for 457 galaxies in the 100 Hickson compact groups (Hickson =1982ApJ...255..382H; catalog <VII/85>). Brighter galaxies were observed over the period 1984-1986, using the 1.5m telescope of the F.L. Whipple Observatory on Mt. Hopkins, Arizona, in wavelength range 470-710nm; the remaining fainter galaxies were observed with the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT). These velocities are listed in table2. Dynamical parameters were derived for 92 of the 100 groups, which are listed in table3; Hubble constant was assumed to be Ho=100km/s/Mpc.
Heliocentric radial velocities accurate to <~50km/s are given for 1267 galaxies in the fields of 14 rich clusters from the Dressler (1980, Cat. <VII/174>) catalog (instead of 1268 velocities in 15 clusters as indicated in the title).
We present a new insight on NGC 6034 and UGC 842, two groups of galaxies previously reported in the literature as being fossil groups. The study is based on optical photometry and spectroscopy obtained with the CTIO Blanco telescope and Sloan Digital Sky Survey archival data.
We report on high spectral and spatial resolution kinematic observations of H{alpha} emission from the Cartwheel system obtained with a scanning Fabry-Perot interferometer. Velocity fields for two galaxies were measured, for the main galaxy of the system, the Cartwheel galaxy, and for a spiral companion ~25h^-1^kpc to the north. The velocity field and the rotation curve of the spiral companion shows classical differential rotation and indicates the mass of the galaxy to be in the range 2.9-4.8x10^9^M{sun}. The Cartwheel galaxy contains strong H{alpha} in emission asymmetrically distributed along its outer ring, with some faint emission detected inside it. The velocity field and the rotation curve of the Cartwheel galaxy is clearly dominated by differential rotation although second-order effects cause distortions which can be understood in a scenario where expansion and density-wave motions are also considered. Our best model-fit to the observed velocity field of the Cartwheel galaxy includes three components for the kinematic of its outer ring: a circular velocity of 217km/s, an expansion velocity of 13-30+/-10km/s and a sinusoidal perturbation with an amplitude of 20+/-5km/s. This expansion velocity, lower than found in previous studies, implies that the ring could be older than previously thought. The rotation curve of the Cartwheel galaxy is consistent with a progenitor which had the morphology of a late-type spiral galaxy. Our measurements support the collisional models of ring galaxy formation and should impose strong constraints to simulations.
We present spectroscopic data for individual stars observed from 2004 March through 2008 August as part of our Michigan/MIKE Fiber System (MMFS) survey of four dwarf spheroidal (dSph) galaxies: Carina, Fornax, Sculptor, and Sextans. Using MMFS at the Magellan/Clay Telescope at Las Campanas Observatory, we have acquired 8855 spectra from 7103 red-giant candidates in these Galactic satellites. We list measurements of each star's line-of-sight velocity (median error +/-2.1km/s) and spectral line indices for iron and magnesium absorption features.
We present integral-field spectroscopy of the ionized gas in the central regions of four galaxies with a low surface brightness disk taken with the Visible Multi Object Spectrograph at the Very Large Telescope and aimed at testing the accuracy in the determination of the central logarithmic slope alpha of the mass density radial profile rho(r){prop.to}r^alpha^ in this class of objects. For all the sample galaxies we subtracted the best-fit model of gas in circular motions from the observed velocity field and derived the residuals. Only ESO-LV5340200 is characterized by a regular velocity field. We extracted the velocity curves of this galaxy along several position angles, in order to estimate the uncertainty in deriving the central gradient of the total mass density from long-slit spectroscopy.
This catalog lists coordinates, names, and radial velocities for 8250 galaxies scattered over the whole sky. Both optical and radio measures are included. The individual values are given as published, with a reference to each, but no unpublished data are included. An attempt was made to obtain the most accurate coordinates for each object rather than relying on the source papers. In addition to the positions and heliocentric velocities, the catalog contains a name of the galaxy, whether the observation is made by radio or optically, the mean error of the velocity, a correction for the galactic motion of the Sun, and comments. This electronic version is a slightly improved version compared to the published one, and contains more names. References and notes are not included, and the user must refer to the printed version to get them.
We conduct an intensive study of the rich, X-ray luminous, and hot galaxy cluster Abell 697 (at z=0.282), likely containing a diffuse radio-emission, to determine its dynamical status. Our analysis is based on new spectroscopic data obtained at the TNG telescope for 93 galaxies and on new photometric data obtained at the INT telescope in a large field. We combine galaxy velocity and position information to select 68 cluster members (out to ~1.3h_70_^-1^Mpc from the cD galaxy), determine global dynamical properties, and detect possible substructures. The investigation of the dynamical status is also performed by using X-ray data stored in the Chandra archive.
VLT/FLAMES radial velocities for 50 Globular Clusters (GCs), 37 field stars and 21 unclassified objects around the Leo I group galaxies NGC 3379 and NGC 3384 are presented. Object Id and BVR photometry are from Rhode & Zepf (2004AJ....127..302R). Positions (J2000.0) should be accurate to ~0"2 or better w.r.t. the GSC2.1 catalogue. Heliocentric radial velocities and their errors were estimated by fitting the peak (see the width, heigh, and Tonry & Davies (1979AJ.....84.1511T) coefficient) of the cross-correlation function (CCF) with the IRAF/RV package task FXCOR, using simulatenous and ELODIE library stellar templates. Objects have been assigned three quality class, class A being the most secure velocity determination, and class C the least secure; the latter objects require confirmation, and such GCs were not considered for the dynamical analysis presented in the paper.
We present a wide-field (4.5deg^2^) photometric and spectroscopic survey of the Leo I dwarf spheroidal (dSph) galaxy to explore its extended morphology and dynamics. To select Leo I red giant branch star candidates we exploit M, T2, and DDO51 filter photometry; this yields 100% pure Leo I stars among more than 100 M<21.5 Leo I giant candidates having previous or new Keck spectroscopy.
