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On the Mass-to-Light Ratios for Double Galaxies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

R. J. Dickens  and
J. V. Peach
R. J. Dickens
Affiliation:
Royal Greenwich Observatory, Herstmonceux, Great Britain
J. V. Peach
Affiliation:
Dept. of Astrophysics, University of Oxford, Great Britain

Abstract

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Statistical mass-to-light ratios are found for spiral and irregular galaxies, and E and S0 galaxies, using 57 multiple systems including 43 pairs. The results are consistent with those of the earlier study by Page. Preliminary conclusions point out the great uncertainties in such mass-to-light ratios due to inaccurate magnitudes and relative radial velocities. The derived masses are relatively insensitive to the choice of the distribution function of projected separations.

Type
Research Article
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 44: External Galaxies and Quasi-Stellar Objects , 1972 , pp. 89 - 92
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1972 

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