**Table 2:** Observation log and properties of standard stars that were used as velocity dispersion templates. They are ordered by their increasing metallicity. Most of the properties were taken from the SIMBAD database, see: http://simbad.u-strsbg.fr/Simbad
#	Name	Type^a	$\alpha$ (2000)	$\delta$ (2000)	V	(B-V)	[Fe/H]	$v_{\rm helio}$	Date	Exp.	S/N^b	S/N^b
			[h:m:s]	[ $^\circ$ : $\hbox{$^\prime$ }$ : $\hbox{$^{\prime\prime}$ }$ ]	[mag]	[mag]	[dex]	[km s^-1]		[s]	4900 $\AA$	5900 $\AA$
1	HD 21022	G	03:22:21.59	-32:59:39.7	9.20	0.95	-1.99	110 $\pm$ 3	2000 Dec. 20	50	50.0	55.0
2	HD 9051	G	01:28:46.47	-24:20:25.3	8.93	0.82	-1.50	-73 $\pm$ 1	2000 Dec. 20	40	52.0	57.0
3	HD 41667	G	06:05:03.64	-32:59:39.3	8.53	1.01	-1.18	302 $\pm$ 10	2000 Dec. 23	30	49.0	53.0
4	HD 20038	G	03:10:26.81	-58:49:40.5	8.90	0.84	-0.87	27 $\pm$ 10	2000 Dec. 24	40	52.0	55.0
5	HD 17233	SG	02:43:52.03	-54:47:28.3	9.03	0.79	-0.60	-18 $\pm$ 10	2001 Feb. 13	45	49.0	53.0
6	HR 296-1	K0III	01:03:02.50	-04:50:12.0	5.43	1.11	-0.14	15 $\pm$ ?	2001 Aug. 19	5	58.0	61.0
7	HR 296-2								2001 Sep. 20	5	59.0	62.0
8	HR 296-3								2001 Nov. 19	2.5	53.0	57.0

^aG: giant; SG: supergiant; ^bmeasured for a single spectrum per resolution element (= $0.03~\AA$ ).