| Title | Brightest Cluster Galaxies as Standard Candles |
| Authors | Postman, Marc; Lauer, Tod R. |
| Bibcode | 1995ApJ...440...28P Search ADS ↗ |
| Abstract | We investigate the use of brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs) as standard candles for measuring galaxy peculiar velocities on large scales. We have obtained precise large-format CCD surface photometry and redshifts for an all-sky, volume-limited (z <= 0.05) sample of 119 BCG. We reinvestigate the Hoessel (1980) relationship between the metric luminosity, L_m_, within the central 10 h^-1^ kpc of the BCGs and the logarit ... |
| Objects | 339 Objects Search NED ↙ |
