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astro-ph2003
Results from a diffuse intracluster light survey
John J. Feldmeier, J. Christopher Mihos, Heather L. Morrison +2
We give an update of our ongoing survey for intracluster light (ICL), in a sample of distant Abell clusters. We find that the amount of intracluster starlight is comparable to that…
astro-ph2003
Using Intracluster Light to Study Cluster Evolution
John J. Feldmeier, J. Christopher Mihos, Heather L. Morrison +2
We present some early results from our deep imaging survey of galaxy clusters intended to detect and study intracluster light (ICL). From our observations to date, we find that ICL…
astro-ph1998
A Cepheid Distance to the Fornax Cluster
B. F. Madore, W. L. Freedman, N. Silbermann +13
The Hubble Space Telescope is being used to measure accurate Cepheid distances to nearby galaxies with the ultimate aim of determining the Hubble constant, H_0. For the first time,…