The Radial Velocities of Planetary Nebulae in NGC 3379
Abstract
We present the results of a radial velocity survey of planetary nebulae (PNs) in the normal elliptical galaxy NGC 3379 performed with the Kitt Peak 4 m telescope and the NESSIE multifiber spectrograph. In two half-nights, we measured 29 PNs with projected galactocentric distances between 0.4 and 3.8 effective radii (1 < R < 10 kpc) with an observational uncertainty of ~7 km s^-1^. These data extend 3 times further into the halo than any previous absorption-line velocity study. The velocity dispersion and photometric profile of the galaxy agrees extremely well with that expected from a constant mass-to-light ratio, isotropic orbit Jaffe model with M/L_B_ ~ 7; the best-fitting anisotropic models from a quadratic programming algorithm also give M/L_B_ ~ 7. The data are consistent with models that contain no dark matter within 3.5 effective radii of the galaxy's nucleus.
- Publication:
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The Astrophysical Journal
- Pub Date:
- September 1993
- DOI:
- 10.1086/173092
- Bibcode:
- 1993ApJ...414..454C
- Keywords:
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- Dark Matter;
- Elliptical Galaxies;
- Galactic Halos;
- Planetary Nebulae;
- Radial Velocity;
- Absorption Spectra;
- Astronomical Photometry;
- Astronomical Spectroscopy;
- Mass Distribution;
- Mass To Light Ratios;
- Astrophysics;
- COSMOLOGY: DARK MATTER;
- GALAXIES: INDIVIDUAL NGC NUMBER: NGC 3379;
- ISM: PLANETARY NEBULAE: GENERAL;
- GALAXIES: ELLIPTICAL AND LENTICULAR;
- CD;
- GALAXIES: FUNDAMENTAL PARAMETERS;
- TECHNIQUES: RADIAL VELOCITIES