Astron. Astrophys. 342, 671-686 (1999)

Acknowledgements

We are indebted to R.P. van der Marel for providing his modeling software which became the basis of our modeling package. We also thank R. Falomo for providing some photometric data reduction tools. We are most grateful to the Vatican Observatory Research Group for allocating the observing time. Particular thanks go to R. Boyle, S.J. for his help during the observing run at the VATT. The research of AP was partially supported by an Acciaierie Beltrame grant. JCVB acknowledges a grant from Telescopio Nazionale Galileo and Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova. This research has made use of the NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED) which is operated by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

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