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The assembly history of the nearest S0 galaxy NGC 3115 from its kinematics out to six half-light radii

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Published in 2020 at "Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society"

DOI: 10.1093/mnras/staa1080

Abstract: Using new and archival data, we study the kinematic properties of the nearest field S0 galaxy, NGC 3115, out to $\sim6.5$ half-light radii ($R_\mathrm{e}$) from its stars (integrated starlight), globular clusters (GCs) and planetary nebulae… read more here.

Keywords: galaxy ngc; half light; kinematics; mathrm ... See more keywords