A dataset provided by the European Space Agency

Name BCM_IR
Title THE INFRA-RED PROPERTIES OF BRIGHTEST CLUSTER MEMBERS
URL

http://nida.esac.esa.int/nida-sl-tap/data?RETRIEVAL_TYPE=OBSERVATION&PRODUCT_LEVEL=ALL&obsno=542025050
DOI https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-ys73lzg
Author BIVIANO, ANDREA
Description ===================================================================== ===================================================================== the brightest cluster members (bcm hereafter) are giant galaxies located at the centre of clusters of galaxies, often surrounded by a large stellar halo which make their luminosity profile different from that of other ellipticals. the way these galaxies form is not yet understood. since these galaxies are located at the centre of clusters, they may be fed by material cooling out from the intracluster medium by bremsstrahlung emission and flowing inward because of the hydrostatic equlibrium (cooling flows). the final fate of these cooling flow material is yet to be unveiled. ongoing observations in the context of an iso guaranteed time project (deepzcls) of which one of us (af) is pi, show a possible detection of such a cooling flow end product in the central galaxy of a distant cluster. such a detection needs immediate confirmation and further investigation with a sample of more easily accessible nearby bcm. with 9 hours of iso time we will be able to disentangle the various dust and low-mass star components that may be formed in the cooling flows. since the chosen bcm are so different for what concerns the cooling flow deposition rates, the signature of a cooling flow can be identified without doubts.
Instrument CAM01 , PHT22
Temporal Coverage 1997-04-18T03:27:41Z/1997-05-11T15:19:12Z
Version 1.0
Mission Description The Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) was the worlds first true orbiting infrared observatory. Equipped with four highly-sophisticated and versatile scientific instruments, it was launched by Ariane in November 1995 and provided astronomers world-wide with a facility of unprecedented sensitivity and capabilities for a detailed exploration of the Universe at infrared wavelengths.
Creator Contact https://support.cosmos.esa.int/iso/
Date Published 1998-06-13T00:00:00Z
Last Update 2026-07-09
Keywords Infrared Space Observatory data, ESA ISO mission dataset, ISO infrared observations, mid-infrared astronomy data, far-infrared spectroscopy dataset, ISOCAM imaging data, ISOPHOT photometry data, SWS short wavelength spectrometer data, LWS long wavelength spectrometer data, infrared spectral line observations, infrared imaging survey data, dust emission infrared observations, star formation infrared dataset, interstellar medium spectroscopy data, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons PAH features data, active galactic nuclei infrared observations, circumstellar envelope infrared data, planetary nebula infrared spectroscopy, extragalactic infrared survey data, calibrated ISO data products, FITS files infrared astronomy, spectral energy distribution infrared data, continuum photometry dataset, infrared spectral cubes, flux-calibrated infrared maps, ESA ISO Data Archive, legacy infrared space mission dataset
Publisher And Registrant European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines European Space Agency, BIVIANO et al., 1998, 'THE INFRA-RED PROPERTIES OF BRIGHTEST CLUSTER MEMBERS', 1.0, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-ys73lzg
Rights Data hosted in the ESA Space Science Archives are distributed under the CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO license.