Tables of published ATLAS3D values

Only papers including long tables are listed below. The full list of ATLAS3D publications is here.

If you use any of the data below you are requested to cite the paper in the section where the link to the data is given.


Paper I: A volume-limited sample of 260 nearby early-type galaxies: science goals and selection criteria

Cappellari et al. (2011a, MNRAS, 413, 813)

Tables content: Galaxy, RA, DEC, SBF, NED-D, Virgo, Vhel, Dist, MK, AB, T-type, Re

  • Table 3: The ATLAS3D sample or 260 early-type (E and S0) galaxies
  • Table 4: The 611 spiral galaxies in the ATLAS3D parent sample

Figure 5+6: Single-page high-resolution image of the 260 E and S0 galaxies of the ATLAS3D sample, sorted by name

2-dim Stellar Kinematics content: Xbin, Ybin, V(Gauss), σ(Gauss), V(GH), σ(GH), h3, h4, errors
FITS files (ZIP file): Voronoi binned stellar kinematics for the 260 galaxies in the ATLAS3D sample. The files are standard FITS tables. For example a radial profile of velocity dispersion for one galaxy can be generated with the following two IDL commands:

tab = mrdfits('PXF_bin_MS_IC0560_r4_idl.fits.gz',1)
plot, sqrt(tab.XS^2 + tab.YS^2), tab.SPXF_VS, PSYM=4

The above ZIP file contains two directories. The kinematics for all the 260 galaxies in both directories was homogeneously extracted as described in Cappellari et al. (2011a), which we request you to cite. However the kinematics for the subset of 47 galaxies in a separate directory was already presented in Emsellem et al. (2004). Please also refer to the latter paper when using any of the galaxies in the subset.

Maps of the mean velocity and second velocity moment of all galaxies are presented in Paper II and Paper XV respectively (see below).

2-dim Gas Emission Fluxes and Kinematics
FITS files (8.19 MB; TGZ file): Gas emission fluxes and kinematics for the 260 galaxies in the ATLAS3D sample.

The FITS table contains: the coordinates of the Voronoi generators (XS,YS) in arcsec, the amplitudes (e.g. A_HB_GAS; in units of 10-17 erg/s/cm2/Å/arcsec2) and the fluxes (e.g. HB_GAS; in units of 10-17 erg/s/cm2/arcsec2) of the gas emission lines, as well as the mean velocity V (e.g. V_HB_GAS) and the velocity dispersion σ (e.g. S_HB_GAS) in km/s.

To generate a map of the Voronoi binned (Cappellari & Copin 2003) quantities, one can use the example given in the section "3-dim Spectral Cubes" below. One simply needs to replace the file name PXF_bin_MS_NGC3412_r3_idl.fits.gz with IonisedGas_bin_MS_NGC3412_r3.fits and then change the line velbin = table["VPXF"] into something like velbin = table["V_HB_GAS"].

3-dim Spectral Cubes
FITS files (1.55 GB; ZIP file): Unbinned spectral cubes for the 260 galaxies in the ATLAS3D sample.

As an illustration of the FITS format, the following Python example shows a Voronoi binned (Cappellari & Copin 2003) map of the mean stellar velocity, with overlaid the galaxy surface brightness. Note that one needs both (i) the coordinates and the spectra in the non-binned FITS data cube, and (ii) the cordinates of the Voronoi generators, which are stored with the kinematics. (The required plotbin package is here)
NGC3412 Velocity
import astropy.io.fits as pyfits
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

from plotbin.display_bins_generators import display_bins_generators

filename = "Cappellari2011a_Atlas3D_Paper1_UnBinned_Cubes_v1.0/MS_NGC3412_r3_C2D.fits"
hdu = pyfits.open(filename)
spectrum = hdu[0].data
table = hdu[2].data

x = table["A"] # Coordinates of the original spaxels in arcsec (nort is up)
y = table["D"]
flux = np.mean(spectrum, 1) # surface brightness

filename = "atlas3d_stellar_kinematics/cappellari2011a/PXF_bin_MS_NGC3412_r3_idl.fits.gz"
hdu = pyfits.open(filename)
table = hdu[1].data

xgen = table["XS"] # Voronoi generators
ygen = table["YS"]
velbin = table["VPXF"] # Mean stellar velocity

display_bins_generators(xgen, ygen, velbin, x, y)
plt.tricontour(x, y, -2.5*np.log10(flux/np.max(flux)), levels=np.arange(20)) # 1 mag contours


Paper II: Morphologies, kinemetric features and alignment between photometric and kinematic axes of early-type galaxies

Krajnovic et al. (2011, MNRAS, 414, 2923)

Table content: Galaxy, PAphot, ε, PAkin, ψ, k5/k1, k1max, morph, dust, KinStruct, symbols
Table D1: Properties of ATLAS3D galaxies

Figure C1-C6: velocity maps of the 260 ATLAS3D galaxies oriented such that north is up and east left


Paper III: A census of the stellar angular momentum within the effective radius of early-type galaxies: unveiling the distribution of Fast and Slow Rotators

Emsellem et al. (2011, MNRAS, 414, 888)

Table content: Galaxy, Rmax, εe, εe/2, Band, V/σe, V/σe/2, λRe, λRe/2, F/S(Re), F/S(Re/2)
Table B1: Ellipticities, λR and V/σ tabulated values for the ATLAS3D sample or 260 early-type galaxies

Table content: Galaxy, a4
Values used in Fig.12-13


Paper IV: the molecular gas content of early-type galaxies

Young et al. (2011, MNRAS, 414, 940)

Table content: Galaxy, rms noise, intensity 12CO (1-0) and (2-1), V range, (2-1)/(1-0), H2 mass, reference
Table 1: CO intensities and H2 masses

CO spectra
TXT files (ZIP file): CO spectra for the 260 galaxies in the ATLAS3D sample.

The above ZIP file contains two directories. Please refer to Young et al. (2011) if you use the files in the directory young2011 and to Combes et al. (2007) for the galaxies in the directory combes2007.


Paper VII: A new look at the morphology of nearby galaxies: the kinematic morphology-density relation

Cappellari et al. (2011b, MNRAS, 416, 1680)

Table content: Galaxy, ρ10, Σ10, Σ3, ν10, I10, I3

  • Table 2: The local galaxy density for the ATLAS3D sample of 260 early-type galaxies
  • Table 3: The local galaxy density for the 611 spiral galaxies in the ATLAS3D parent sample

Paper XII: Recovery of the mass-to-light ratio of simulated early-type barred galaxies with axisymmetric dynamical models

Lablanche et al. (2012, MNRAS, 424, 1495)

Table content: X, Y, Z, VX, VY, VZ

  • Position and velocities of the particles of the simulation N4179axis (100 MB)
  • Position and velocities of the particles of the simulation N4570axis (100 MB)

Paper XIII: Mass and morphology of HI in early-type galaxies as a function of environment

Serra et al. (2012, MNRAS, 422, 1835)

Table content: Galaxy, noise, bmaj, bmin, M(HI), M(HI)/LK, HI class, notes, source
Table B1: HI properties of ATLAS3D galaxies

HI cubes and maps
FITS files (ZIP file): Zero-th and first moment (total intensities and mean velocities) of the HI line for the 166 galaxies in the ATLAS3D sample observed from the WSRT.

The HI fully reduced WSRT cubes as well as the HI images and velocity fields can be downloaded here.


Paper XV: Benchmark for early-type galaxies scaling relations from 260 dynamical models: mass-to-light ratio, dark matter, Fundamental Plane and Mass Plane

Cappellari et al. (2013a, MNRAS, 432, 1709)

Table content: Galaxy, σe, R(σ)/Re, σkpc, inc, (M/L)JAM, max(Vcirc), quality, Remaj, Re, r1/2, rg, conc, εe, L
Table 1: Scaling relations and mass-follows-light JAM models parameters for the ATLAS3D sample of 260 early-type galaxies

Table content: Galaxy, inc, βz, κ, quality
Table: Anisotropy for the mass-follows-light JAM models (A) for the ATLAS3D sample of 260 early-type galaxies.
See the JAM paper (Cappellari 2008) for the detailed definition of βz=1-(σzR)2 and κ=Vobs/V(σφR).

Table content: Galaxy, Vrms_e
Table: Inclination deprojected Vrms_e for the ATLAS3D sample of 260 early-type galaxies.


Paper XVII: Linking photometric and kinematic signatures of stellar discs in early-type galaxies

Krajnovic et al. (2013a, MNRAS, 432, 1768)

Table content: Galaxy, μe, Re, n, μe,b, Re,b, nb, qb, μ0,d, Rd, qd, D/T
Table C1: Fitting parameters for ATLAS3D galaxies


Paper XVIII: CARMA CO imaging survey of early-type galaxies

Alatalo et al. (2013, MNRAS, 432, 1796)

CO cubes and maps
FITS files (ZIP file): Cubes, CO intensities and mean velocities for the ATLAS3D galaxies observed with CARMA.


Paper XX: Mass-size and mass-σ distributions of early-type galaxies: bulge fraction drives kinematics, mass-to-light ratio, molecular gas fraction and stellar initial mass function

Cappellari et al. (2013b, MNRAS, 432, 1862)

Table content: Galaxy, σ(Re/8), fDM(r=Re), (M/Lr)stars, (M/Lr)Salp
Table 1: Central velocity dispersion, dark matter fraction and M/L for the ATLAS3D sample of 260 early-type galaxies


Paper XXI: Correlations between gradients of local escape velocity and stellar populations in early-type galaxies

Scott et al. (2013, MNRAS, 432, 1894)

Table content: I'j, σj, q'j
Table 2: MGE parameters for the deconvolved r-band surface brightness. NB: the values in the files are linear quantities (unlike Table 2)


Paper XXIII: Angular momentum and nuclear surface brightness profiles

Krajnovic et al. (2013b, MNRAS, 433, 2812)

Table content: Galaxy, Source, Class, Filter, Θ, μ, α, β, γ, γ', RMS, Rγ
Table C1: Fitting parameters for ATLAS3D galaxies


Paper XXX: Star formation histories and stellar population scaling relations of early-type galaxies

McDermid et al. (2015, MNRAS, 448, 348)

Table content: Name, Hβ, Fe5015, Mgb, Fe5270, AgeSSP, [Z/H]SSP, [α/Fe]SSP, Quality
Table 1: Measured Lick index measurements and SSP parameters measured within Re/8

Table content: Name, Hβ, Fe5015, Mgb, Fe5270, AgeSSP, [Z/H]SSP, [α/Fe]SSP, Quality
Table 2: Measured Lick index measurements and SSP parameters measured within Re/2

Table content: Name, Hβ, Fe5015, Mgb, Fe5270, AgeSSP, [Z/H]SSP, [α/Fe]SSP, Quality
Table 3: Measured Lick index measurements and SSP parameters measured within Re

Table content: Name, AgeSFH, [Z/H]SFH, t50
Table 4: Mass-weighted stellar population properties measured within Re

2-dim Absorption Line Strength
FITS files (6.92 MB; TGZ file): Stellar absorption line strength for the 260 galaxies in the ATLAS3D sample.


Systematic trends in total-mass profiles from dynamical models of early-type galaxies

This is not an ATLAS3D team paper, but it provides useful quantities for the full sample and is included on this page for convenience.

Poci, Cappellari & McDermid (2017, MNRAS, 467, 1397)

Table content: Name, γtot,I, γtot,II, γtot,III, γstar, γstar,III, fDM,I(Re), fDM,II(Re)
Table A1: The total slopes and dark matter fractions for the models

2-dim Maps of (M/L)Salp
FITS files (2.9 MB; ZIP file): Spatial distribution of M/L determined from stellar population modelling, for the 260 galaxies in the ATLAS3D sample.


Formation channels of slowly rotating early-type galaxies

This is not an ATLAS3D team paper, but it provides useful quantities for the full sample and is included on this page for convenience.

Krajnovic et al. (2020, A&A)

Table content: Galaxy, Δ[Z/H], ΔAge, Δα, HST
Table B1: Metalicity and Age [and α] gradients of the ATLAS3D Sample

Table content: Galaxy, Source, Class, Filter, Rb, μ, α, β, γ, γ', RMS, Rγ
Table: Parameters of the photometric profile fits for the ATLAS3D Sample

Stellar Population Profiles
(137 KB; ZIP file): Stellar population profiles for the 260 galaxies in the ATLAS3D sample.

Stellar Population Maps
(4.4 MB; ZIP file): Stellar population SSP maps for the 260 galaxies in the ATLAS3D sample.

Hubble Space Telescope Images
Reduced and science-ready HST/WFC3 (nuclei) and HST/ACS (off-centre) are available HERE


Last Modified [23 January 2020]