The link between morphology and structure of brightest cluster galaxies: automatic identification of cDs

We study a large sample of 625 low-redshift brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs) and link their morphologies to their structural properties. We derive visual morphologies and find that ∼57 per cent of the BCGs are cD galaxies, ∼13 per cent are ellipticals, and ∼21 per cent belong to the intermediate cl...

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Main Authors: Zhao, Dongyao, Aragón-Salamanca, Alfonso, Conselice, Christopher J.
Format: Article
Published: Oxford University Press 2015
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/42053/