Table 1: Morphological and physical parameters as determined in this work for the Carina, Sculptor and Fornax dSphs.
Parameter Carina Sculptor Fornax
$\alpha$ [J2000] $6 \mbox{h} 41' 34''$ $1 \mbox{h} 00' 28''$ $2 \mbox{h} 40' 4''$
$\delta$ [J2000] $-50^{\circ} 57'$ $-33^{\circ} 42'$ $-34^{\circ} 31'$
PA [$^{\circ}$] $64\pm 2.5$ $98\pm 2$ $40\pm 5$
e $0.32\pm 0.04$ $0.2\pm 0.05$ $0.3\pm 0.05$
$r_0^{\rm emp}$ [arcmin] $11.96 \pm 1.5$ $7.56 \pm 0.7$ $13 \pm 0.15$
$r_t^{\rm emp}$ [arcmin] $22.54 \pm 1.4$ $40 \pm 4$ $89 \pm 17$
$c^{\rm emp}$ $0.27 \pm 0.08$ $0.72 \pm 0.2$ $0.83 \pm 0.1$
$(\Psi/\sigma^2)^{\rm theo}$ 1.2 2.7 3.8
$r_0^{\rm theo}$ [arcmin] 14 10 15
$r_t^{\rm theo}$ [arcmin] 33.5 44 98
$c^{\rm theo}$ 0.38 0.64 0.82
$L_V^{\rm tot}$ [ $10^5~L_{\odot}$] $(3.45 \pm 0.5) $ $(5.6 \pm 0.5)$ $(88 \pm 0.5)$
MV [mag] -9.0 -9.5 -12.5


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