clusterwererecentlyattemptedbyMihosetal.(2005): thesedeepobservationsshowtheintricateandcomplex structureoftheICLinVirgo. Ontheclusterscales,thepresenceofdiffuselightcan berevealedwhenthewholedistributionofstarsinclus- tersisanalysedinawaysimilartoSchombert’s(1986) photometryofbrightestclustergalaxies(BCGs).When ...
Local Group, in astronomy, the group of more than 20 galaxies to which the Milky Way Galaxy belongs. About half are elliptical galaxies, with the remainder being of the spiral or irregular type. As in other clusters of galaxies, members are probably kept
formation.ThepreliminarycomparisonofavailableICPNsampleswithpredictionsfromcosmologicalsimulationssupportlateinfallasthemostlikelymechanismfortheoriginofdiffusestellarlightinclusters.OBSERVATIONSOFDIFFUSELIGHTThestudyoftheintraclusterlight(ICL)beganwithZwicky’s(1951)claimeddiscoveryofanexcessoflightbetweengalaxiesintheComa...