| Issue |
Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser.
Volume 140, Number 2, December I 1999
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| Page(s) | 155 - 170 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/aas:1999520 | |
| Published online | 15 December 1999 | |
The luminosity function of cluster galaxies*
II. Data reduction procedures applied to the cluster Abell 496
1
Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Via Bianchi 46, I-22055 Merate, Italy
2
Università degli Studi di Milano, via Celoria 16, I-20133 Milano, Italy
Received:
23
March
1999
Accepted:
30
August
1999
We initiated a large project aimed to estimate the Luminosity Function
of galaxies in clusters and to evaluate its relation to cluster morphology.
With this paper
we deem necessary to outline the general procedures of the data reduction and details
of the data analysis. The cluster sample includes the brightest southern ROSAT all-sky survey clusters
with 
. These have been observed in three colours 
, and mapped up to
a few core radii using a mosaic of CCD frames.
E/S0 galaxies in the cluster core are singled out
both by morphology (for the brightest galaxies), and by colour.
The details of the data reduction procedure are illustrated via the analysis of the
cluster Abell 496, which has been used
as a pilot cluster for the whole program. The related photometric catalogue consists
of 2355 objects. The limiting magnitudes (the reference Surface Brightness is given in
parenthesis) in the various colours are respectively
, 
, 
.
These correspond to the limiting absolute magnitudes -12.28, -11.96 and -12.67
(H0 = 50 km/s/Mpc).
Key words: galaxies: photometry / galaxies: cluster: general
© European Southern Observatory (ESO), 1999