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The ACS Virgo Cluster Survey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

Patrick Côté  and
Michael J. West
Patrick Côté
Affiliation:
Rutgers University, 136 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854
Michael J. West
Affiliation:
University of Hawaii, Hilo, HI 96720

Abstract

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We describe the ACS Virgo Cluster Survey, an HST imaging survey of early-type galaxies in the Virgo Cluster. Multi-color ACS images for one hundred member galaxies, spanning a range of 450 in luminosity, are being used to study the central regions of these galaxies, their globular cluster systems, and the three-dimensional structure of Virgo itself. In terms of depth, spatial resolution, sample size and homogeneity, this represents the most comprehensive imaging survey to date of early-type galaxies in dense environments.

Type
JD6: Extragalactic Globular Clusters & Their Host Galaxies
Information
Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 13 , 2005 , pp. 179 - 180
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Pacific 2005

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