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The Intrinsic Shapes of Elliptical Galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

P. L. Schechter
P. L. Schechter*
Affiliation:
Mount Wilson and Las Campanas Observatories, 813 Santa Barbara Street, Pasadena, CA 91101, USA

Abstract

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Distribution functions for the intrinsic shapes of elliptical galaxies are discussed, starting with the simplest and proceeding to the more complex. A variety of competing “proxy” observables, which can in principle be used to recover at least some of information lost in the projection of a galaxy onto the plane of the sky, are considered.

Type
Invited Reviews
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 127: Structure and Dynamics of Elliptical Galaxies , 1987 , pp. 217 - 228
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1987 

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