A complex stellar line-of-sight velocity distribution in the lenticular
  galaxy NGC 524
  We present the detailed study of the stellar and gaseous kinematics of the
luminous early-type galaxy NGC 524 derived from the long-slit spectroscopic
observations obtained with the Russian 6-m telescope and the IFU data from the
SAURON survey. The stellar line-of-sight velocity distribution (LOSVD) of NGC
524 exhibits strong asymmetry. We performed the comprehensive analysis of the
LOSVD using two complementary approaches implemented on top of the nbursts full
spectral fitting technique, (a) a nonparametric LOSVD recovery and (b) a
parametric recovery of two Gaussian kinematical components having different
stellar populations. We discuss the origin of the complex stellar LOSVD of NGC
524.
