Journal article
Hubble Space Telescope Photometry for the Halo Stars in the Leo Elliptical NGC 3377**Based on observations made with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, obtained at the Space Telescope Science Institute, which is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., under NASA contract NAS 5-26555. These observations are associated with program 9811. Support for this work was provided in part by NASA through grant HST-GO-09811.01-A from the Space Telescope Science Institute, under NASA contract NAS 5-26555.
Abstract
We have used the ACS camera on HST to obtain (V, I) photometry for 57,000 red giant stars in the halo of the Leo elliptical NGC 3377, an intermediate-luminosity elliptical. We use this sample of stars to derive the metallicity distribution function (MDF) for its halo field stars and comment on its chemical evolution history compared with both larger and smaller E galaxies. Our ACS WFC field spans a radial range extending from 4 to 18 kpc …
Authors
Harris WE; Harris GLH; Layden AC; Stetson PB
Journal
The Astronomical Journal, Vol. 134, No. 1, pp. 43–55
Publisher
American Astronomical Society
Publication Date
July 2007
DOI
10.1086/518233
ISSN
0004-6256