Issue |
Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser.
Volume 136, Number 2, April II 1999
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Page(s) | 269 - 284 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/aas:1999465 | |
Published online | 15 April 1999 |
A survey of the ISM in early-type galaxies
II. The dust
1
Instituto de Física, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil
2
Space Telescope Science Institute
3
On assignment from the Space Science Department of ESA
4
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain
Received:
11
May
1998
Accepted:
4
January
1999
We present results of a CCD optical imaging survey of the dust content in 22
early-type luminous galaxies, selected from the RC3 Catalog. A large
fraction (75%) of the observed galaxies show significant amounts of dust.
The morphology and size of the dust distribution of the observed galaxies
follows very closely that of the ionized gas. For each galaxy, we have used
broad band V and R filters imaging to build colour maps and determine
the AV and AR extinction maps. We have found typical AV
values of 0.026 and AR of 0.023 and have derived values in
the range 0.49-0.68. The AV values together with an assumption of
the dust grain size and composition enable us to estimate the dust masses.
We have studied the correlations between the mass of dust and the
Hα, IR and
luminosities. Finally, we investigate
the possible mechanisms responsible for the dust emission.
Key words: galaxies: elliptical and lenticular / galaxies: ISM / dust extinction / surveys
© European Southern Observatory (ESO), 1999