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Planetary Nebulae in elliptical galaxies: Dynamical models for Centaurus A

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

Anne Mathieu
Affiliation:
Sterrenkundig Observatorium, University of Ghent, Belgium
Herwig Dejonghe
Affiliation:
Sterrenkundig Observatorium, University of Ghent, Belgium

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We use planetary nebulae major- and minor-axis kinematics (Hui et al. 1995) of the dust-lane elliptical galaxy NGC 5128 (Centaurus A) to build triaxial dynamical models.

Type
VIII. Planetary Nebulae in Extragalactic Systems
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1997 

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