We have completed a survey of early-type galaxies in a region covering 700 sq. degrees with cz -20 that satisfy our isolation criteria. The sample galaxies obey the Mg-sigma relation but have a higher frequency of [OII] and [OIII] emission than found in the Fornax cluster. They appear to be younger than the ellipticals in the Fornax cluster having

We are observing two sets of Low Polarization Quasars (LPQs), one of which have low (

We present results of a CCD optical imaging survey of the ionized gas in 73 luminous elliptical and lenticular galaxies, selected from the RC3 catalog to represent a broad variety of X-ray, radio, infrared and kinematical properties. For each galaxy we have used broad-band R images and narrow-band images centered at the Hα and [NII] emission lines

We present the results of an optical imaging survey of 73 luminous early-type galaxies directed to study the properties of their interstellar medium. We have found that a large fraction of E (72%) and S0 (85%) galaxies in our sample contain a measurable amount of ionized gas. The gas morphology appears to be rather smooth; however 12% of the sample

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We present a detailed stellar population analysis for a sample of 24 early-type galaxies (ETGs) belonging to the rich cluster RX J0152.7-1357 at z = 0.83. We have derived the age, metallicity, abundance pattern, and star formation history (SFH) for each galaxy individually to further characterize this intermediate-z reference cluster. We then study