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astro-ph1997
Luminous Cluster Ellipticals as Cosmological Standard Rods?
R. Bender, R. P. Saglia, B. Ziegler +2
We explore the possibility to calibrate massive cluster ellipticals as cosmological standard rods. The method is based on the Fundamental Plane relation combined with a correction…
astro-ph1997
M32-like galaxies: still very rare -- M32 analogues do not exist in the Leo group
Bodo L. Ziegler, Ralf Bender
New observations of galaxies in the direction of the Leo group, which were classified as being candidates for M32-like dwarf galaxies by Ferguson & Sandage (1990), show that these…