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An Update on the ACS Virgo and Fornax Cluster Surveys

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2007

Patrick Côté ,
Laura Ferrarese ,
Andrés Jordán ,
John P. Blakeslee ,
Chin-Wei Chen ,
Leopoldo Infante ,
Simona Mei ,
Eric W. Peng ,
John L. Tonry  and
Michael J. West
Patrick Côté
Affiliation:
Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, Victoria, Canada
Laura Ferrarese
Affiliation:
Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, Victoria, Canada
Andrés Jordán
Affiliation:
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA
John P. Blakeslee
Affiliation:
Washington State University, Pullman, WA
Chin-Wei Chen
Affiliation:
Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, Victoria, Canada National Central University, Taiwan
Leopoldo Infante
Affiliation:
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile
Simona Mei
Affiliation:
Observatoire de Paris, France
Eric W. Peng
Affiliation:
Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, Victoria, Canada
John L. Tonry
Affiliation:
Institute for Astronomy, Honolulu, USA
Michael J. West
Affiliation:
European Southern Observatory, Santiago, Chile
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Abstract

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We present a brief update on the ACS Virgo and Fornax Cluster Surveys — Hubble Space Telescope programs to obtain ACS imaging for 143 early-type galaxies in the two galaxy clusters nearest to the Milky Way. We summarize a selection of science highlights from the surveys as including new results on the central structure of early-type galaxies, the apparent continuity of photometric and structural parameters between dwarf and giant galaxies, and the properties of globular clusters, diffuse star clusters and ultra-compact dwarf galaxies.

Keywords

galaxies: elliptical and lenticularcD galaxies: fundamental parametersgalaxies: nucleigalaxies: photometrygalaxies: star clustersgalaxies: structure

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