2003AJ....125..478L

Query : 2003AJ....125..478L

2003AJ....125..478L - Astron. J., 125, 478-505 (2003/February-0)

Hubble space telescope imaging of brightest cluster galaxies.

LAINE S., VAN DER MAREL R.P., LAUER T.R., POSTMAN M., O'DEA C.P. and OWEN F.N.

Abstract (from CDS):

We used the Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 to obtain I-band images of the centers of 81 brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs), drawn from a volume-limited sample of nearby BCGs. The images show a rich variety of morphological features, including multiple or double nuclei, dust, stellar disks, point-source nuclei, and central surface brightness depressions. High-resolution surface brightness profiles could be inferred for 60 galaxies. Of those, 88% have well-resolved cores. The relationship between core size and galaxy luminosity for BCGs is indistinguishable from that of Faber et al. (published in 1997, hereafter F97) for galaxies within the same luminosity range. However, the core sizes of the most luminous BCGs fall below the extrapolation of the F97 relationship rb∼L1.15V. A shallower relationship, rb∼L0.72V, fits both the BCGs and the core galaxies presented in F97. Twelve percent of the BCG sample lacks a well-resolved core; all but one of these BCGs have ``power law'' profiles. Some of these galaxies have higher luminosities than any power-law galaxy identified by F97 and have physical upper limits on rbwell below the values observed for core galaxies of the same luminosity. These results support the idea that the central structure of early-type galaxies is bimodal in its physical properties but also suggest that there exist high-luminosity galaxies with power-law profiles (or unusually small cores). The BCGs in the latter category tend to fall at the low end of the BCG luminosity function and tend to have low values of the quantity α (the logarithmic slope of the metric luminosity as a function of radius, at 10 kpc). Since theoretical calculations have shown that the luminosities and α-values of BCGs grow with time as a result of accretion, this suggests a scenario in which elliptical galaxies evolve from power-law profiles to core profiles through accretion and merging. This is consistent with theoretical scenarios that invoke the formation of massive black hole binaries during merger events. More generally, the prevalence of large cores in the great majority of BCGs, which are likely to have experienced several generations of galaxy merging, underscores the role of a mechanism that creates and preserves cores in such merging events.

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Journal keyword(s): Galaxies: Elliptical and Lenticular, cD - Galaxies: Evolution - Galaxies: Nuclei - Galaxies: Photometry - Galaxies: Structure

VizieR on-line data: <Available at CDS (J/AJ/125/478): table1.dat table4.dat>

Nomenclature: Table 1: [LVL2003] JHHMMSS.ss+DDMMSS.s N=81.

Simbad objects: 164

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Number of rows : 164
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA 		ICRS (J2000)
DEC 		Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2024 		#notes
1 IC 1565 BiC 00 39 26.2834752624 +06 44 03.262118424   14.41       ~ 53 2
2 ACO 76 ClG 00 40 16.1031 +06 52 46.226           ~ 132 2
3 ACO 119 ClG 00 56 08.57 -01 12 00.8           ~ 555 2
4 UGC 579 BiC 00 56 16.101 -01 15 19.77   14.40 14.45     ~ 78 1
5 ACO 147 ClG 01 08 10 +02 10.0           ~ 112 0
6 MCG+00-04-007 BiC 01 08 37.9880537904 +02 16 07.633728984   15.1       ~ 22 0
7 ACO 2877 ClG 01 09 49.3 -45 54 02           ~ 146 2
8 IC 1633 BiC 01 09 55.5490585560 -45 55 52.102562844   12.23       ~ 89 3
9 Z 436-12 LIN 01 12 59.579 +15 29 28.71     15.7     ~ 87 1
10 ACO 160 ClG 01 12 59.98 +15 30 05.3           ~ 172 0
11 UGC 797 BiC 01 14 57.5962100328 +00 25 50.962053144   15.5 13.9     ~ 73 1
12 ACO 168 ClG 01 15 07.58 +00 19 10.8           ~ 361 2
13 MCG+00-04-111 BiC 01 23 26.4238486128 +01 42 20.741450292   15.5       ~ 33 0
14 ACO 189 ClG 01 23 40.4 +01 38 38           ~ 100 1
15 ACO 193 ClG 01 25 07.3 +08 41 36           ~ 186 0
16 IC 1695 BiC 01 25 07.645 +08 41 57.68   14.87       ~ 64 1
17 NGC 545 BiC 01 25 59.12 -01 20 24.8   13.21 13.34     ~ 138 2
18 ACO 194 ClG 01 26 01.3 -01 22 02           ~ 350 2
19 IC 115 AGN 01 26 54.4300162320 +19 12 52.190971380   15.2       ~ 73 1
20 ACO 195 ClG 01 26 54.5 +19 12 42           ~ 83 0
21 IC 1733 BiC 01 50 42.901 +33 04 55.19   14.7       ~ 42 0
22 ACO 260 ClG 01 50 46.811 +33 04 22.17           ~ 65 0
23 ACO 261 ClG 01 51 26 -02 14.2           ~ 45 0
24 MCG+00-05-040 BiC 01 51 27.2163836496 -02 15 31.690295352   15   13.39   ~ 23 0
25 NGC 708 BiC 01 52 46.482 +36 09 06.53 14.85 14.27 13.29 12.67 12.09 ~ 240 3
26 ACO 262 ClG 01 52 50.4 +36 08 46           ~ 698 1
27 UGC 1525 BiC 02 02 17.310 -01 07 40.58   15.7       ~ 45 0
28 ACO 295 ClG 02 02 27 -01 04.6           ~ 65 0
29 NGC 910 BiC 02 25 26.7924474768 +41 49 27.615017352   14.5       ~ 70 1
30 ACO 347 ClG 02 25 50 +41 52.5           ~ 148 1
31 ACO 376 ClG 02 45 48 +36 51.6           B8.5 153 1
32 UGC 2232 BiC 02 46 03.9460542576 +36 54 18.840411612   15.50       ~ 44 1
33 UGC 2413 BiC 02 56 28.763 +15 54 58.16   15.2       ~ 33 0
34 ACO 397 ClG 02 56 58 +15 57.0           ~ 81 0
35 ACO 419 ClG 03 08 15.85 -23 41 29.0           ~ 59 0
36 LEDA 11753 EmG 03 08 28.8068927256 -23 36 52.944253164   15.55       ~ 21 0
37 NGC 1316 BL? 03 22 41.789 -37 12 29.52 9.81 9.15 8.53 7.66   ~ 1387 1
38 2MASX J03370557-5501186 BiC 03 37 05.6158120944 -55 01 18.970258224   16.25       ~ 20 0
39 ACO 3144 ClG 03 37 23.1 -55 06 18           ~ 33 0
40 NGC 1500 BiC 03 58 13.9953646560 -52 19 41.408202540   14.44       ~ 29 0
41 ACO 3193 ClG 04 00 40.820 -52 44 02.72           ~ 34 0
42 NAME A496cD BiC 04 33 37.8465077496 -13 15 42.989961204   13.95 14.22     ~ 100 1
43 ACO 496 ClG 04 33 38.8 -13 15 59           ~ 694 2
44 2MASX J05010831-2234584 BiC 05 01 08.3042486616 -22 34 58.129827888           ~ 22 0
45 ACO 533 ClG 05 01 30 -22 36.7           ~ 42 0
46 ACO 548 ClG 05 47 01.7 -25 36 59           B8 202 2
47 ESO 488-33 BiC 05 49 21.6420464568 -25 20 47.446297152   14.55   13.09   ~ 40 1
48 ESO 307-13 BiC 06 00 41.120 -40 02 39.82   14.66   12.93   ~ 44 1
49 ACO 3376 ClG 06 01 25.000 -39 59 51.00           ~ 305 0
50 ACO 3395 ClG 06 27 31.1 -54 23 58           ~ 209 0
51 ESO 161-8 BiC 06 27 36.2649635808 -54 26 57.926377896   15.02   12.72   ~ 33 0
52 NGC 2329 AGN 07 09 08.0049393360 +48 36 55.726108020   13.7 13.99     ~ 135 3
53 ACO 569 ClG 07 09 10.4 +48 37 10           ~ 170 1
54 ACO 634 ClG 08 14 33 +58 02.9           ~ 98 0
55 UGC 4289 AGN 08 15 44.8468202712 +58 19 15.641116212   14.6 14.11     ~ 44 0
56 IC 2378 BiC 08 28 31.644 +30 25 52.75   15.3       ~ 52 0
57 ACO 671 ClG 08 28 48.68 +30 27 07.0           ~ 164 0
58 NGC 2832 BiC 09 19 46.853 +33 44 59.07   13.3 13.17     ~ 264 3
59 ACO 779 ClG 09 20 02.70 +33 45 29.7           ~ 253 0
60 ACO 912 ClG 10 01 09.54 -00 04 47.0           ~ 55 0
61 2MASX J10010952-0004460 BiC 10 01 09.5432169528 -00 04 46.263269676   15.13       ~ 26 0
62 ACO 999 ClG 10 23 22.1 +12 51 48           ~ 91 1
63 MCG+02-27-004 BiC 10 23 23.7565983240 +12 50 06.139616784   15.3       ~ 41 1
64 ACO 1016 ClG 10 27.0 +10 59           ~ 82 1
65 IC 613 BiC 10 27 07.7881398072 +11 00 38.643884136   15.1       ~ 43 1
66 NAME Hydra I Cluster ClG 10 36 36.0 -27 31 04           ~ 839 1
67 NGC 3311 EmG 10 36 42.821 -27 31 42.02   11.93 10.93 10.00 9.67 ~ 300 2
68 IC 664 LIN 11 00 45.3479033640 +10 33 11.411090352   14.8       ~ 42 0
69 ACO 1142 ClG 11 00 56.74 +10 30 15.2           ~ 153 1
70 NGC 3551 BiC 11 09 44.4516794880 +21 45 32.140238112   14.8       ~ 60 1
71 ACO 1177 ClG 11 09 47.07 +21 46 48.7           ~ 99 1
72 IC 2738 BiC 11 21 23.0550101136 +34 21 24.334637616   15.3       ~ 46 1
73 ACO 1228 ClG 11 21 30.5 +34 13 21           ~ 126 1
74 ACO 1308 ClG 11 32 58.53 -03 53 14.2           ~ 66 0
75 2dFGRS TGN171Z312 BiC 11 33 05.1119564064 -04 00 47.667566484   14.67       ~ 55 1
76 IC 712 BiC 11 34 49.2945748128 +49 04 39.576182052   14.8       ~ 86 1
77 ACO 1314 ClG 11 34 53.0 +49 05 18           ~ 218 1
78 NGC 3842 BiC 11 44 02.155 +19 56 59.37 14.22 13.70 11.82 12.04   ~ 287 3
79 ACO 1367 ClG 11 44 44.6 +19 41 59           ~ 1076 1
80 NGC 4696 BiC 12 48 49.2724775784 -41 18 39.304053252   11.21   10.7   ~ 490 3
81 ACO 3526 ClG 12 48 51.8 -41 18 21           ~ 1066 2
82 ACO 1631 ClG 12 52 50.6 -15 25 37           ~ 171 1
83 2MASXI J1253183-153203 BiC 12 53 18.3890577984 -15 32 04.004526732   14.3508921 13.6543922 13.47   ~ 29 0
84 ACO 3528 ClG 12 54 18.2 -29 01 16           ~ 157 1
85 ESO 443-4 BiC 12 54 22.2141014424 -29 00 46.515592764   14.53   12.93 13.62 ~ 36 1
86 ACO 3532 ClG 12 57 19.2 -30 22 13           ~ 168 2
87 2MASX J12572192-3021485 BiC 12 57 21.9653668728 -30 21 49.024048752   15.05   14.20 13.87 ~ 42 1
88 ACO 1656 ClG 12 59 44.40 +27 54 44.9           ~ 4800 2
89 NGC 4889 EmG 13 00 08.097 +27 58 37.29 12.93 13.0 11.30 11.652 10.906 ~ 705 1
90 ACO 3554 ClG 13 19 30 -33 28.7           ~ 40 0
91 ESO 382-43 BiC 13 19 31.677 -33 29 17.51   15.06   13.51   ~ 24 0
92 ACO 3556 ClG 13 24 06.2 -31 39 38           ~ 150 0
93 ESO 444-25 BiC 13 24 06.7145431752 -31 40 11.559586800   14.31   12.66 13.17 ~ 42 0
94 ACO 3558 ClG 13 27 54.8 -31 29 32           ~ 442 2
95 ESO 444-46 BiC 13 27 56.884 -31 29 43.71   13.88 15 12.24 12.76 ~ 81 2
96 ESO 444-55 BiC 13 29 50.8884939504 -29 30 52.001659764   14.21   12.76   ~ 39 0
97 ACO 3559 ClG 13 29 53.9 -29 31 29           ~ 69 0
98 ACO 3562 ClG 13 33 31.8 -31 40 23           ~ 314 1
99 ESO 444-72 BiC 13 33 34.739 -31 40 20.16   14.40   12.83 13.42 ~ 51 0
100 ACO 3564 ClG 13 34 22 -35 13.4           ~ 36 0
101 2MASX J13345528-3505576 BiC 13 34 55.3001490024 -35 05 58.029870372   15.68   14.50 13.71 ~ 19 0
102 ACO 3565 ClG 13 36 39 -33 58.3           ~ 112 1
103 IC 4296 AGN 13 36 39.03253319 -33 57 57.0730368   11.52 12.99 10.00 10.79 ~ 494 2
104 ESO 325-16 Sy2 13 46 23.9893476312 -37 58 15.832084476   14.91   13.48 13.53 ~ 41 1
105 ACO 3570 ClG 13 46 50 -37 55.0           ~ 53 3
106 ESO 383-76 BiC 13 47 28.385 -32 51 54.02   13.02   11.53 12.50 ~ 61 1
107 ACO 3571 ClG 13 47 28.9 -32 51 57           ~ 284 2
108 NAME IC 4329 Group GrG 13 48 36.4 -30 30 13           ~ 141 2
109 IC 4329 BiC 13 49 05.314 -30 17 45.20   11.96 11.54 10.31   ~ 190 2
110 MCG-02-36-002 BiC 14 01 41.8427019024 -11 36 24.845027796   15.00       ~ 111 2
111 ACO 1836 ClG 14 01 42.0 -11 36 20           ~ 82 0
112 2MASX J14524323+1654137 LIN 14 52 43.2586810440 +16 54 13.462211052   15.4       ~ 55 0
113 ACO 1983 ClG 14 52 59.33 +16 46 11.0           ~ 242 1
114 ACO 2040 ClG 15 12 44.00 +07 27 34.5           ~ 139 1
115 UGC 9767 BiC 15 12 47.4867186264 +07 26 03.876651384   16.0       ~ 42 0
116 ACO 2052 ClG 15 16 41.64 +07 01 45.5           ~ 730 1
117 UGC 9799 Sy2 15 16 44.4893939136 +07 01 17.825410740   15.19 14.17     ~ 446 3
118 ACO 2147 ClG 16 02 11.96 +15 55 11.5           ~ 403 0
119 UGC 10143 BiC 16 02 17.0257413888 +15 58 28.670337876   14.9       ~ 86 0
120 ACO 2162 ClG 16 12 30.0 +29 32 23           ~ 149 0
121 NGC 6086 BiC 16 12 35.5357829352 +29 29 05.246712168   14.8       ~ 193 1
122 ACO 2197 ClG 16 27 48.01 +40 58 04.5           ~ 285 0
123 NGC 6173 LIN 16 29 44.8864037664 +40 48 41.890972320   14.0       ~ 168 0
124 ACO 2247 ClG 16 47 22 +81 34.0           ~ 58 0
125 UGC 10638 GiG 16 50 58.7959138560 +81 34 29.029137924   15.5       ~ 38 0
126 MCG+14-08-017 BiC 16 52 47.8198913808 +81 37 58.156917168   15.4       ~ 19 0
127 [T87] 1957.2-3840 GrG 19 58 53.9 -38 20 43           ~ 45 2
128 IC 4931 BiC 20 00 50.3794754496 -38 34 30.251737020   12.82   11.26   ~ 51 1
129 ESO 340-25 BiC 20 24 24.5848742280 -40 21 58.528781208   14.45   13.09   ~ 13 0
130 ACO 3676 ClG 20 25 19 -40 21.2           ~ 8 0
131 ACO 3677 ClG 20 26 21 -33 21.1           ~ 28 0
132 2MASX J20262389-3321033 BiC 20 26 23.8710294024 -33 21 03.405790512   16.06   14.70   ~ 21 0
133 NGC 6936 Sy2 20 35 56.3066829288 -25 16 47.618596200   13.83   12.16   ~ 31 0
134 ACO 3698 ClG 20 35 58 -25 16.6           ~ 30 0
135 ACO 3716 ClG 20 51 16.7 -52 41 43           ~ 115 1
136 ESO 187-26 BiC 20 51 56.9381236368 -52 37 46.981121304   14.42   12.72   ~ 35 0
137 ACO 3733 ClG 21 01 50.0 -28 06 54           ~ 62 3
138 NGC 6999 BiC 21 01 59.5296693456 -28 03 31.640927364   15.02   13.43   ~ 28 1
139 ACO 3736 ClG 21 03 43.0785 -43 19 33.103           ~ 21 0
140 ESO 286-41 BiC 21 05 04.4812113792 -43 25 11.241732288   14.17   12.70   ~ 28 0
141 ACO 3742 ClG 21 06 41 -47 08.9           ~ 42 2
142 ACO 3744 ClG 21 07 13.8 -25 28 54           ~ 77 1
143 NGC 7016 BiC 21 07 16.2757198320 -25 28 08.547481992   14.87       ~ 35 1
144 NGC 7014 Sy1 21 07 52.1518322976 -47 10 44.295026412   12.93 12.25 11.56   ~ 100 1
145 ESO 286-59 BiC 21 08 39.1366458936 -43 29 10.203615420   14.37   13.04   ~ 39 0
146 ACO 3747 ClG 21 08 41 -43 29.8           ~ 20 0
147 NGC 7578 BiC 23 17 13.5451937976 +18 42 29.351084940   15.0   12.93   ~ 74 1
148 ACO 2572 ClG 23 18 31.2 +18 41 52           ~ 140 1
149 NGC 7647 BiC 23 23 57.4310112528 +16 46 38.141670936   14.61 14.45     ~ 76 0
150 ACO 2589 ClG 23 24 00.5 +16 49 29           ~ 316 1
151 NGC 7649 BiC 23 24 20.087 +14 38 49.68   15.65       ~ 58 1
152 ACO 2593 ClG 23 24 27.15 +14 33 40.2           ~ 218 0
153 ACO 2634 ClG 23 38 18.4 +27 01 37           ~ 503 2
154 NGC 7720 Sy1 23 38 29.38324020 +27 01 53.2580084   13.9 13.3     ~ 541 4
155 2MASX J23443040+0915499 BiC 23 44 30.3996095832 +09 15 50.595906924   15.6       ~ 31 3
156 ACO 2657 ClG 23 44 51.0 +09 08 40           ~ 269 3
157 IC 5353 BiC 23 47 28.5741083880 -28 06 33.260931180   14.03 13.15 12.55   ~ 62 1
158 ACO 4038 ClG 23 47 31.1 -28 12 10           ~ 335 3
159 ACO 2666 ClG 23 50 56.2 +27 08 41           ~ 204 0
160 NGC 7768 BiC 23 50 58.5485212104 +27 08 50.446633668   14.0 14.23     ~ 187 0
161 IC 5362 BiC 23 51 36.7383942744 -28 21 53.942400288   13.81   12.36   ~ 47 1
162 ACO 4049 ClG 23 52 44.26 -28 34 13.6           ~ 29 1
163 ESO 349-10 QSO 23 57 00.7406438328 -34 45 32.994968292   13.89 13.26 12.19   ~ 127 2
164 ACO 4059 ClG 23 57 02.2 -34 45 58           ~ 380 1

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