Published December 1, 1984 | Version v1
Journal article

CCD camera observations of nearby rich clusters

  • 1. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA (USA)
  • 2. Dunsink Observatory, Castleknock (Ireland)

Description

A CCD camera survey has been conducted of the X-ray emitting regions of a sample of clusters of galaxies. In this paper, the techniques used to obtain, reduce and analyse the data are presented, along with results for the cluster Abell 85. For the central X-ray emitting region of this cluster, a core radius of between 1.2 and 1.6 Mpc is estimated from the galaxy radial number density distribution. The properties of the galaxies in the core of this cluster are significantly different from those of the galaxies in the outer regions of the area covered in the survey, in terms of luminosity function and colour distribution. (author)

Additional details

Additional titles

Subtitle (English)
2. Techniques and results for A85

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc.
Journal Volume
211
Journal Issue
3
Series
Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc.
Journal Page Range
637-658
ISSN
0035-8711

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
United Kingdom
INIS RN
16032554
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Numerical Data
Descriptors DEI
CHARGE-COUPLED DEVICES; COLOR; COSMIC X-RAY SOURCES; DENSITY; DISTRIBUTION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GALAXIES; GALAXY CLUSTERS; LUMINOSITY; PHOTOMETRY; VISIBLE RADIATION
Descriptors DEC
COSMIC RAY SOURCES; DATA; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; INFORMATION; NUMERICAL DATA; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ORGANOLEPTIC PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; RADIATIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES