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We investigate the dependence of the local galaxy luminosity function on morphology using 5,404 galaxies from the recently enlarged Second Southern Sky Redshift Survey (SSRS2). Over the range -22 \le M_B \le -14 ($H_0 = 100 km/s/Mpc), the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 R. O. Marzke , L. N. da Costa , P. S. Pellegrini , C. N. A. Willmer , M. J. Geller

We present the results from a survey of 57 low-redshift Abell galaxy clusters to study the radial dependence of the luminosity function (LF). The dynamical radius of each cluster, r200, was estimated from the photometric measurement of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Wayne A. Barkhouse , H. K. C. Yee , Omar López-Cruz

From R-band images of 39 Hickson compact groups (HCGs), we use galaxy counts to determine a luminosity function extending to M_R=-14.0, approximately two magnitudes deeper than previous compact group luminosity functions. We find that a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Sally D. Hunsberger , Jane C. Charlton , Dennis Zaritsky

We study the galaxy population in the central region and a region about 0.6 Mpc away from the center of the Hydra I cluster in B- and Rc-bands down to M~-10 using the Subaru Suprime-Cam photometry. We find that the luminosity function of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 H. Yamanoi , M. Tanaka , M. Hamabe , M. Yagi , S. Okamura , M. Iye , K. Shimasaku , M. Doi , Y. Komiyama , H. Furusawa

We estimate the luminosity function of field galaxies over a range of ten magnitudes (-22 < M_{B_J} < -12 for H_0 = 100 km/s/Mpc) by counting the number of faint APM galaxies around Stromlo-APM redshift survey galaxies at known distance.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Jon Loveday

We present K-band observations of the low-luminosity galaxies in the Coma cluster, which are responsible for the steep upturn in the optical luminosity function at M_R ~ -16, discovered recently. The main results of this study are (i) The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Bahram Mobasher , Neil Trentham

Deep photometric observations in three colours of the cluster A 496 show that the luminosity function is bimodal with a deep gap at g about 19.0. That is there is a net separation between E/SO galaxies that are nicely fitted by a gaussian…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Emilio Molinari , Guido Chincarini , Alberto Moretti , Sabrina De Grandi

We derive NUV luminosity functions for 6471 NUV detected galaxies in 28 $0.02 < z < 0.08$ clusters and consider their dependence on cluster properties. We consider optically red and blue galaxies and explore how their NUV LFs vary in…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-11-07 Roberto De Propris , Malcolm Bremer , Steven Phillipps

We present first results of a survey of the Leo I group at 10 Mpc for M_R < -10 dwarf galaxies. This is part of a larger program to measure the faint end of the galaxy luminosity function in nearby poor groups. Our method is optimized to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 K. Flint , M. Bolte , C. Mendes de Oliveira

We determine the luminosity function (LF) of galaxies in the core of the Coma cluster for M_R<=-11.4 (assuming H_0=75 km/s/Mpc), a magnitude regime previously explored only in the Local Group. Objects are counted in a deep CCD image of Coma…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 G. M. Bernstein , R. C. Nichol , J. A. Tyson , M. P. Ulmer , D. Wittman

We have determined the composite luminosity function (LF) for galaxies in 60 clusters from the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey. The LF spans the range $-22.5<M_{b_{\rm J}}<-15$, and is well-fitted by a Schechter function with ${M_{b_{\rm…

We present a new deep spectroscopic catalogue for Abell 85, within 3.0 $\times$ 2.6 Mpc$^2$ and down to $M_{r} \sim M_{r}^* +6$. Using the Visible Multi-Object Spectrograph at the Very Large Telescope (VIMOS@VLT) and the AutoFiber 2 at the…

Star clusters in 6 nearby spiral galaxies are examined using archive images from HST/WFPC2. The galaxies have previously been studied from the ground and some of them are known to possess rich populations of "young massive clusters" (YMCs).…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Soeren S. Larsen

We derive composite luminosity functions (LF) for galaxies in groups and examine the behaviour of the LF as a function of group luminosity (used as an indicator of group or halo mass). We consider both the entire galaxy population and split…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Aaron Robotham , Christopher Wallace , Steven Phillipps , Roberto De Propris

We analyze systematic effects in the determination of the galaxy luminosity function in clusters using a deep mock catalogue constructed from a numerical simulation of a hierarchical universe. The results indicate a strong tendency to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Carlos A. Valotto , Ben Moore , Diego G. Lambas

From a total sample of 45 Abell clusters observed by the Einstein X-ray observatory, we present the results on the galaxy luminosity function (LF) for a group of seven clusters that were identified by the morphology of their LFs. The LFs…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Omar Lopez-Cruz , H. K. C. Yee , James P. Brown , Christine Jones , William Forman

We present the UV composite luminosity function for galaxies in the Virgo, Coma and Abell 1367 clusters. The luminosity function (LF) is well fitted by a Schechter function with M*(UV} - 5*log h(75) = -20.75 +/- 0.40 and alpha = -1.50 +/-…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 L. Cortese , G. Gavazzi , A. Boselli , J. Iglesias-Paramo , J. Donas , B. Milliard

In this letter, we present a new determination of the local (z<0.09) X-ray luminosity function (XLF) using a large, statistical sample of 294 Abell clusters and the ROSAT All-Sky-Survey. Given our large sample size, we have reduced errors…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Michael J. Ledlow , Chris Loken , Jack O. Burns , Frazer N. Owen , Wolfgang Voges

We present a study of the H$\alpha$ line emission from a sample of 1482 optically-selected, morphologically-classified bright galaxies (median redshift of 0.05) derived from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The luminosity function is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Osamu Nakamura , Masataka Fukugita , Jon Brinkmann , Donald P. Schneider

We present a wide field $V$-band imaging survey of approximately 1 deg$^2$ ($\sim7.2 h^{-2}_{75}$ Mpc$^{2}$) in the direction of the nearby cluster of galaxies Abell 2151 (the Hercules Cluster). The data are used to construct the luminosity…