
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ke-shih Young, Christopher 
T1  - Total Magnitudes of Virgo Galaxies. I. Construction of a Self-Consistent Reference Dataset Spanning 8th to 18th Magnitude
JF  - Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
JO  - Publ. Astron. Soc.  Aust.
Y1  - 2001
VL  - 18
IS  - 2
SP  - 121
EP  - 128
KW  - catalogues &#8212; galaxies: clusters: individual (Virgo) &#8212; galaxies: fundamental parameters &#8212; galaxies: photometry &#8212; methods: data analysis &#8212; techniques: photometric
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/AS01029 
N2  - Received 2000 May 3, accepted 2001 June 1 The main objectives of this series of papers are: (1) to demonstrate the existence of serious mutual disagreements between established total (and other integrated) magnitude scales forVirgo galaxies; (2) to attempt to quantify both the systematic and random errors present within these magnitude scales; (3) to investigate the origins of any large error uncovered; and thereby (4) to encourage the general adoption of rigorous total-magnitude measurement procedures by the astronomical community. The ramifications of the findings presented in this series of papers will be discussed in detail at a later date. In this paper, the first in the series, a self-consistent dataset of trustworthy total-magnitude measurements is compiled for a sample of Virgo galaxies spanning a range of 10 000 in apparent brightness, based on only the most reliable measurements and photometry currently available. This reference dataset, which includes luminosity profile shape information, will be used in subsequent papers as one of the bases for assessing existing magnitude scales forVirgo galaxies. As most published magnitudes are based on B&#8211;band observations, this series of papers will also focus primarily on B&#8211;bnd measurements. 
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