@article{10902/27969,
year = {1993},
month = {5},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10902/27969},
abstract = {Broad-band CCD images of 24 low luminosity radio galaxies containing radio jets have been obtained to study their optical properties. Surface photometry of the galaxies was performed by fitting ellipses to the light distribution in order to obtain the surface brightness profile and the geometrical parameters of the galaxies. The optical morphology, the photometric parameters, and the local environment of the galaxies are discussed and compared with the results for other galaxy samples. The galaxies in this work have absolute magnitudes similar to bright cluster galaxies, and they are more luminous than powerful radio sources. They inhabit regions of higher galaxy density than powerful radio galaxies and radio-quiet ellipticals. A fraction as large as 75% ofthe galaxies show morphological peculiarities in the optical, indicating gravitational interaction with nearby companions and/or recent merging. We argue that low luminosity radio galaxies could be the precursors of cD galaxies in clusters or groups of galaxies, on the basis oftheir optical luminosity, the local environment, presence of extended envelopes, indications ofmerging processes, x-ray emission, and presence of dumbbell systems and multiple nuclei.},
organization = {Was partly supported by the Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, and by the DGYCIT project PB89-0375-C02-02. J.I.G.-S. and R.C. acknowledge their fellowships of the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science. We wish to thank M. Balcells for obtaining some of the data at the INT during a service night. We also thank the referee for his/her valuable comments and suggestions. The WHT and INT telescopes are operated by the RGO at the Spanish Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias on behalf of the Science and Engineering Research Council of the United Kingdom and the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO).},
publisher = {American Astronomical Society},
publisher = {Astronomical Journal, 1993, 105 (5), 1710-1729},
title = {The optical properties of low luminosity radio galaxies with radio jets},
author = {González Serrano, José Ignacio and Carballo Fidalgo, Ruth and Pérez-Fournon, I.},
}