- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/58/39
- Title:
- 1412 MHz catalogue of Westerbork survey. II
- Short Name:
- J/A+AS/58/39
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- A deep multicolor optical identification program is presented for a complete sample of 302 radio sources that were observed with the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope within 5.52{deg}^2^ down to S_1.4GHz_>~0.6mJy (5{sigma}). Optical identifications are made from multicolor prime focus plates taken with the Kitt Peak 4 meter telescope in the passbands U,J,F and N with approximate respective limiting magnitudes of ~23.3, 23.7, 22.7 and 21.1. The astrometry has systematic errors smaller than 0.2"-0.3", while the random errors are of order 0.4". The agreement between the radio and optical coordinate frames is on average better than 0.25". Identifications are based on positional coincidence using the likelihood ratio method. For 171 out of the 302 radio sources likely identifications are proposed with an a posteriori identification percentage of 53%, 14 expected spurious objects (or 5% of all radio sources), while not more than 4 identifications have been missed. The sample reliability is 92% and its completeness 98%. About 20% of the identifications are stellar objects, the remaining have extended images or are too faint to be classified. About 15% of the identifications appear in possible clusters. The identification statistics are roughly constant from field to field, except for the Hercules 2 field which has an unusually high identification fraction (74%). The identification fraction is presented as a function of 21 cm flux density and limiting magnitude, and amounts to 15% for 1<~S_1.4GHz_<~100mJy down to the Palomar Sky Survey limit and 29% down to the effective 48" Schmidt limit. For S_1.4_<~100mJy the identification fraction remains roughly constant with flux density, contrary to the prediction of higher fractions by some models for cosmological evolution. The magnitude distributions for galaxies plus objects of unknown type generally increase towards fainter magnitudes; the quasar magnitude distributions are also increasing but not as steeply as for the radio galaxies.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/734/L34
- Title:
- 145MHz source measurements by PAPER
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/734/L34
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present observations from the Precision Array for Probing the Epoch of Reionization (PAPER) in South Africa, observed in 2010 May and September. Using two nights of drift scanning with PAPER's 60{deg} FWHM beam we have made a map covering the entire sky below +10{deg} declination with an effective center frequency of 145MHz, a 70MHz bandwidth, and a resolution of 26'. A 4800deg^2^ region of this large map with the lowest Galactic emission reaches an rms of 0.7Jy. We establish an absolute flux scale using sources from the 160MHz Culgoora catalog (Cat. VIII/35). Using the 408MHz Molonglo Reference Catalog (MRC, Cat. VIII/16) as a finding survey, we identify counterparts to 480 sources in our maps and compare our fluxes to the MRC and to 332 sources in the Culgoora catalog. For both catalogs, the ratio of PAPER to catalog flux averages to 1, with a standard deviation of 50%. This measured variation is consistent with comparisons between independent catalogs observed at different bands. The PAPER data represent new 145MHz flux measurements for a large number of sources in the band expected to encompass cosmic reionization and represents a significant step toward establishing a model for removing foregrounds to the reionization signal.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/680/130
- Title:
- Mid-IR colors of AGNs in the MUSYC ECDF-S
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/680/130
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the mid-infrared colors of X-ray-detected AGNs and explore mid-infrared selection criteria. Using a statistical matching technique, the likelihood ratio, over 900 IRAC counterparts were identified with a new MUSYC X-ray source catalog that includes ~1000 published X-ray sources in the Chandra Deep Field-South and Extended Chandra Deep Field-South. Most X-ray-selected AGNs have IRAC spectral shapes consistent with power-law slopes, f_{nu}_{prop.to}{nu}^{alpha}^, and display a wide range of colors, -2<=alpha}<=2 Although X-ray sources typically fit to redder (more negative {alpha}) power laws than non-X-ray-detected galaxies, more than 50% do have flat or blue (galaxy-like) spectral shapes in the observed 3-8um band. Only a quarter of the X-ray-selected AGNs detected at 24um are well fit by featureless red power laws in the observed 3.6-24um, likely the subset of our sample whose infrared spectra are dominated by emission from the central AGN region. Most IRAC color selection criteria fail to identify the majority of X-ray-selected AGNs, finding only the more luminous AGNs, the majority of which have broad emission lines. In deep surveys, these color selection criteria select 10%-20% of the entire galaxy population and miss many moderate-luminosity AGNs.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/855/140
- Title:
- MMT spectra of SNRs and SNR candidates in M33
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/855/140
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- To date, over 220 emission nebulae in M33 have been identified as supernova remnants (SNRs) or SNR candidates, principally through [SII]:H{alpha} line ratios that are elevated compared to those in HII regions. In many cases, the determination of a high [SII]:H{alpha} line ratio was made using narrow-band interference filter images and has not been confirmed spectroscopically. Here, we present MMT 6.5m optical spectra that we use to measure [SII]:H{alpha} and other line ratios in an attempt to determine the nature of these suggested candidates. Of the 197 objects in our sample, 120 have no previously published spectroscopic observations. We confirm that the majority of candidate SNRs have emission line ratios characteristic of SNRs. While no candidates show Doppler-broadened lines expected from young, ejecta-dominated SNRs (>~1000km/s), a substantial number do exhibit lines that are broader than HII regions. We argue that the majority of the objects with high [SII]:H{alpha} line ratios (>0.4) are indeed SNRs, but the distinction between HII regions and SNRs becomes less obvious at low surface brightness, and additional criteria, such as X-ray detection, are needed. We discuss the properties of the sample as a whole and compare it with similar samples in other nearby galaxies.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/864/59
- Title:
- M31 PAndromeda Cepheid sample in four HST bands
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/864/59
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Using the M31 PAndromeda Cepheid sample and the HST PHAT data we obtain the largest Cepheid sample in M31 with HST data in four bands. For our analysis we consider three samples: A very homogeneous sample of Cepheids based on the PAndromeda data, the mean magnitude corrected PAndromeda sample and a sample complementing the PAndromeda sample with Cepheids from literature. The latter results in the largest catalog with 522 fundamental mode (FM) Cepheids and 102 first overtone (FO) Cepheids with F160W and F110W data and 559 FM Cepheids and 111 FO Cepheids with F814W and F475W data. The obtained dispersion of the Period-Luminosity relations (PLRs) is very small (e.g. 0.138mag in the F160W sample I PLR). We find no broken slope in the PLRs when analyzing our entire sample, but we do identify a subsample of Cepheids that causes the broken slope. However, this effect only shows when the number of this Cepheid type makes up a significant fraction of the total sample. We also analyze the sample selection effect on the Hubble constant.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/V/98
- Title:
- MSX Infrared Astrometric Catalog
- Short Name:
- V/98
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The MSX Infrared Astrometric Catalog has been contructed as a tool for improving the pointing accuracy of infrared observations. The catalog contains 177,860 astrometric stars, 61,242 which have been identified with their infrared counterparts from IRAS catalogs and the Catalog of Infrared Observations through position and color matching. Infrared flux densities are predicted for 6 wavelength bands between 4 and 22um. The catalog identifications are complete to within the spatial coverage of current surveys for those astrometric stars brightest in the infrared. By predicting fluxes of astrometric stars without IR identifications we are able to extend the catalog to areas of the sky which were incomplete in the IRAS catalogs. Furthermore, by retaining stars below the brightness limit of current surveys we are able to provide better spatial coverage to help point or position the next generation of infrared telescopes.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/159/139
- Title:
- Multiple M dwarf stars with Robo-AO and Gaia DR2
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/159/139
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We analyze observations from Autonomous laser-adaptive-optics for few-meter-class telescopes (Robo-AO)'s field M dwarf survey taken on the 2.1m Kitt Peak telescope and perform a multiplicity comparison with Gaia DR2. Through its laser-guided, automated system, the Robo-AO instrument has yielded the largest adaptive optics M dwarf multiplicity survey to date. After developing an interface to visually identify and locate stellar companions, we selected 11 low-significance Robo-AO detections for follow-up on the Keck II telescope using NIRC2. In the Robo-AO survey we find 553 candidate companions within 4" around 534 stars out of 5566 unique targets, most of which are new discoveries. Using a position cross-match with DR2 on all targets, we assess the binary recoverability of Gaia DR2 and compare the properties of multiples resolved by both Robo-AO and Gaia. The catalog of nearby M dwarf systems and their basic properties presented here can assist other surveys which observe these stars, such as the NASA Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/252/21
- Title:
- Multiwavelength survey of WR stars in LMC
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/252/21
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Surveys of Wolf-Rayet (WR) stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) have yielded a fairly complete catalog of 154 known stars. We have conducted a comprehensive, multiwavelength study of the interstellar/circumstellar environments of WR stars, using the Magellanic Cloud Emission Line Survey images in the H{alpha}, [OIII], and [SII] lines; Spitzer Space Telescope 8 and 24{mu}m images; Blanco 4m Telescope H{alpha} CCD images; and Australian Telescope Compact Array + Parkes Telescope HI data cube of the LMC. We have also examined whether the WR stars are in OB associations, classified the HII environments of WR stars, and used this information to qualitatively assess the WR stars' evolutionary stages. The 30 Dor giant HII region has active star formation and hosts young massive clusters, thus we have made statistical analyses for 30 Dor and the rest of the LMC both separately and altogether. Due to the presence of massive young clusters, the WR population in 30 Dor is quite different from that from elsewhere in the LMC. We find small bubbles (<50pc diameter) around ~12% of WR stars in the LMC, most of which are WN stars and not in OB associations. The scarcity of small WR bubbles is discussed. Spectroscopic analyses of abundances are needed to determine whether the small WR bubbles contain interstellar medium or circumstellar medium. Implications of the statistics of interstellar environments and OB associations around WR stars are discussed. Multiwavelength images of each LMC WR star are presented.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/209/30
- Title:
- MYStIX project: Bayesian matching
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/209/30
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Identifying the infrared counterparts of X-ray sources in Galactic plane fields such as those of the MYStIX project presents particular difficulties due to the high density of infrared sources. This high stellar density makes it inevitable that a large fraction of X-ray positions will have a faint field star close to them, which standard matching techniques may incorrectly take to be the counterpart. Instead we use the infrared data to create a model of both the field star and counterpart magnitude distributions, which we then combine with a Bayesian technique to yield a probability that any star is the counterpart of an X-ray source. In our more crowded fields, between 10% and 20% of counterparts that would be identified on the grounds of being the closest star to an X-ray position within a 99% confidence error circle are instead identified by the Bayesian technique as field stars. These stars are preferentially concentrated at faint magnitudes. Equally importantly the technique also gives a probability that the true counterpart to the X-ray source falls beneath the magnitude limit of the infrared catalog. In deriving our method, we place it in the context of other procedures for matching astronomical catalogs.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/III/254
- Title:
- 2nd Cat. of Radial Velocities with Astrometric Data
- Short Name:
- III/254
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The catalogue of radial velocities of Galactic stars with high precision astrometric data, 2nd version (CRVAD-2), is the result of a merging of star lists from the All-Sky Compiled Catalogue of 2.5 Million Stars (ASCC-2.5, Cat. I/280) with the General Catalogue of Radial Velocities (GCRV, Cat. III/213) and with other recently published radial velocity lists and catalogues. Cross identification of objects was carried out with help of coordinate, magnitude, colour and/or spectral type criteria. Data from the Catalogue of Components of Double and Multiple Stars (CCDM, Cat. I/274) were taken into account for the identification of multiple system components. Altogether 54907 stars from the ASCC-2.5 were identified with 51762 stars from the RV source catalogues, 3085 stars have secondary components and 30 stars have 3rd components in multiple systems. The CRVAD-2 includes accurate J2000 equatorial coordinates, proper motions and trigonometric parallaxes in the Hipparcos system, Johnson's BV photometric data, spectral types, radial velocities, multiplicity and variability flags. Stars are sorted in the order of increasing right ascension J2000. This catalogue supersedes the previous version numbered <III/239>.
