2 papers
astro-ph1998
NGC 5907 revisited: a stellar halo formed by cannibalism?
J. Lequeux, F. Combes, M. Dantel-Fort +3
We report on further observations of the luminous halo of NGC 5907. New V, I and B deep photometry confirms the existence of an extended stellar halo redder than the disk. Our data…
astro-ph1997
Detection of shear due to weak lensing by large-scale structure
P. Schneider, L. van Waerbeke, Y. Mellier +3
We present evidence for a coherent shear signal in a field containing the z=1.2 radio-source PKS1508-05. Since there were no intervening mass concentrations known before targeting…