- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/646/A57
- Title:
- VLT/MUSE MACS J0416.1-2403 redshift catalogue
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/646/A57
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- A census of faint and tiny star forming complexes at high redshift is key to improving our understanding of reionizing sources, galaxy growth, and the formation of globular clusters. We present the MUSE Deep Lensed Field (MDLF) program, which is aimed at unveiling the very faint population of high redshift sources that are magnified by strong gravitational lensing and to significantly increase the number of constraints for the lens model. We describe Deep MUSE observations of 17.1 hours of integration on a single pointing over the Hubble Frontier Field galaxy cluster MACS J0416, providing line flux limits down to 2x10^19^erg/s/cm^2^ within 300km/s and continuum detection down to magnitude 26, both at the three sigma level at {lambda}=7000{AA}. For point sources with a magnification ({mu}) greater than 2.5 (7.7), the MLDF depth is equivalent to integrating more than 100 (1000) hours in blank fields, as well as complementing non-lensed studies of very faint high-z sources. The source-plane effective area of the MDLF with {mu}>6.3 is <50% of the image-plane field of view. We confirm spectroscopic redshifts for all 136 multiple images of 48 source galaxies at 0.9<z<6.2. Within those galaxies, we securely identify 182 multiple images of 66 galaxy components that we use to constrain our lens model. This makes MACS J0416 the cluster with the largest number of confirmed constraints for any strong lens model to date. We identify 116 clumps belonging to background high-z galaxies; the majority of them are multiple images and span magnitude, size, and redshift intervals of [-18, -10], [~400-3] parsec and 1<z<6.6, respectively, with the faintest or most magnified ones probing possible single gravitationally bound star clusters. The multiplicity introduced by gravitational lensing allows us, in several cases, to triple the effective integration time up to 51 hours exposure per single family, leading to a detection limit for unresolved emission lines of a few 10^-20^erg/s/cm^2^, after correction for lensing magnification. Ultraviolet high-ionization metal lines (and HeII{lambda}1640) are detected with S/N>10 for individual objects down to de-lensed magnitudes between 28-30. The median stacked spectrum of 33 sources with a median M_UV_=~-17 and <z>=3.2 (1.7<z<3.9) shows high-ionization lines, suggesting that they are common in such faint sources. Deep MUSE observations, in combination with existing HST imaging, allowed us to: (1) confirm redshifts for extremely faint high-z sources; (2) peer into their internal structure to unveil clumps down to 100-200pc scale; (3) in some cases, break down such clumps into star-forming complexes matching the scales of bound star clusters (<20pc effective radius); (4) double the number of constraints for the lens model, reaching an unprecedented set of 182 bona-fide multiple images and confirming up to 213 galaxy cluster members. These results demonstrate the power of JWST and future adaptive optics facilities mounted on the Extremely Large Telescopes (e.g., European-ELT Multi-conjugate Adaptive Optics RelaY, MAORY, coupled with the Multi-AO Imaging CamerA for Deep Observations, MICADO) or Very Large Telescope (e.g., MCAO Assisted Visible Imager and Spectrograph, MAVIS) when combined in studies with gravitational telescopes.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/485/41
- Title:
- VLT spectroscopy of blue massive stars in NGC55
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/485/41
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- This is the first paper of a series devoted to studying the population of blue massive stars in NGC 55, a galaxy of the Sculptor group at a distance of about 2Mpc. We have obtained optical (3300-6210{AA}), low-resolution spectra of approximately 200 blue massive stars with VLT-FORS2, which we have classified with the aid of Milky Way and Magellanic Cloud standard stars.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/421/539
- Title:
- VLT spectroscopy of Tol 1214-277 & Tol 65
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/421/539
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present VLT spectroscopic observations with different spectral resolutions and different slit orientations of the two metal-deficient blue compact dwarf (BCD) galaxies Tol 1214-277 and Tol 65. The oxygen abundances in the brightest HII regions of Tol 1214-277 and Tol 65 are found to be 12+logO/H=7.55+/-0.01 and 7.54+/-0.01, or Z_{sun}_/24. The nitrogen-to-oxygen abundance ratios in the two galaxies are logN/O=-1.64+/-0.03 and -1.60+/-0.02 and lie in the narrow range found for other most metal-deficient BCDs. The helium mass fraction derived in several HII regions in both galaxies is consistent with a high primordial helium mass fraction, Yp~0.244. We confirm the detection of the high-ionization forbidden emission line [FeV]4227 in the spectrum of Tol 1214-277. Additionally, weak [NeIV]4725, [FeVI]5146,5177, and [FeVII]5721,6087 emission lines are detected in the high-resolution spectrum of Tol 1214-277. The detection of these lines implies the presence of hard radiation with photon energy in the range ~4-8Ryd. Emission lines are detected in the spectra of eight galaxies in the fields of Tol 1214-277 and Tol 65. Seven of these galaxies are background objects, while one galaxy has a redshift close to that of Tol 1214-277. Situated at a projected distance of ~14.5kpc from Tol 1214-277, this galaxy is probably a companion of the BCD.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/512/A12
- Title:
- VLT/VIMOS spectroscopy in GOODS-South field
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/512/A12
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the full data set of the VIsible Multi-Object Spectrograph (VIMOS) spectroscopic campaign of the ESO/GOODS program in the Chandra Deep Field South (CDFS), which complements the FORS2 ESO/GOODS spectroscopic campaign. The ESO/GOODS spectroscopic programs are aimed at reaching signal-to-noise ratios adequate to measure redshifts for galaxies with AB magnitudes in the range ~24-25 in the B and R band using VIMOS, and in the z band using FORS2.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/482/4329
- Title:
- Void galaxies in the nearby Universe
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/482/4329
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The main goal of this work is to form a large, deep and representative sample of dwarf galaxies residing in voids of the nearby Universe. The formed sample is the basement for the comprehensive mass study of the galaxy content, their evolutionary status, clustering and dynamics with respect to their counterparts residing in more typical, denser regions and for study of void small-scale substructures. We present 25 voids over the entire sky within 25Mpc from the Local Group. They are defined as groups of lumped empty spheres bounded by `luminous' galaxies with the absolute K-band magnitudes brighter than -22.0. The identified void regions include the Local Void and other known nearby voids. The nearest nine voids occupy a substantial part of the Local Volume. Of the total number of 6792 cataloged galaxies in the considered volume, 1354 objects fall into 25 nearby voids. Of this general void galaxy sample, we separate the sub-sample of 'inner' void galaxies, residing deeper in voids, with distances to the nearest luminous galaxy DNN>2.0Mpc. The 'inner' galaxy sample includes 1088 objects, mostly dwarfs with MB distribution peaked near -15.0 and extending down to -7.5mag. Of them, 195 fall in the Local Volume (space within R=11Mpc). We present the general statistical properties of this Nearby Void Galaxy sample and discuss the issues related to the sample content and the prospects of its use.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/464/666
- Title:
- Void Galaxy Survey, photometry and structure
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/464/666
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We analyse photometry from deep B-band images of 59 void galaxies in the Void Galaxy Survey (VGS), together with their near-infrared 3.6{mu}m and 4.5{mu}m Spitzer photometry. The VGS galaxies constitute a sample of void galaxies that were selected by a geometric-topological procedure from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 7 data release, and which populate the deep interior of voids. Our void galaxies span a range of absolute B-magnitude from M_B_=-15.5 to -20, while at the 3.6{mu}m band their magnitudes range from M_3.6_=-18 to -24. Their B-[3.6] colour and structural parameters indicate these are star-forming galaxies. A good reflection of the old stellar population, the near-infrared band photometry also provide a robust estimate of the stellar mass, which for the VGS galaxies we confirm to be smaller than 3x10^10^M_{sun}_. In terms of the structural parameters and morphology, our findings align with other studies in that our VGS galaxy sample consists mostly of small late-type galaxies. Most of them are similar to Sd-Sm galaxies, although a few are irregularly shaped galaxies. The sample even includes two early-type galaxies, one of which is an AGN. Their Sersic indices are nearly all smaller than n=2 in both bands and they also have small half-light radii. In all, we conclude that the principal impact of the void environment on the galaxies populating them mostly concerns their low stellar mass and small size.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/370/1429
- Title:
- V photometry of bright stars of M33
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/370/1429
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have conducted a long-term V-band photometric monitoring of M33 on 95 nights during four observing seasons (2000-2003). A total number of 6418 light curves of bright objects in the range of 14-21mag have been obtained. All measurements are publicly available. A total of 127 new variables were detected, of which 28 are periodic. 10 previously known non-periodic variables were identified as periodic, three of which are Cepheids, and another previously known periodic variable was identified as an eclipsing binary. Our derived periods range from 2.11 to almost 300d. For 50 variables we have combined our observations with those of the DIRECT project, obtaining light curves of up to 500 measurements, with a time-span of ~7yr. We have detected a few interesting variables, including a 99.3d periodic variable with a 0.04mag amplitude, at the position of supernova remnant (SNR) 19.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/389/787
- Title:
- VRI Photometry of Galaxies in AC118 Field
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/389/787
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present new photometric V-, R- and I-band data for the rich galaxy cluster AC118 at z=0.31. The new photometry covers an area of 8.6x8.6arcmin^2^, corresponding to 2.9x2.9Mpc^2^ (H_0_=50km/s/Mpc, q_0_=0.5 and Lambda=0). The data have been collected for a project aimed at studying galaxy evolution through the color-magnitude relation and the fundamental plane. We provide a catalogue including all the sources (N=1206) detected in the cluster field. The galaxy sample is complete to V=22.8mag (N_gal=574), R=22.3mag (N_gal=649) and I=20.8mag (N_gal=419). We give aperture magnitudes within a fixed aperture of 4.4arcsec and Kron magnitudes. We also give photometric redshifts for 459 sources for which additional U- and K-band photometry is available. We derive and discuss the V- and R-band luminosity functions. The catalogue is intended as a tool for studies in galaxy evolution.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/489/571
- Title:
- VRizK photometry of RDCSJ0910+54 cluster
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/489/571
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report on the environmental dependence of properties of galaxies around the RDCSJ0910+54 cluster at z=1.1. We obtained multi-band wide-field images of the cluster with Suprime-Cam and MOIRCS on Subaru and WFCAM on UKIRT. Also, an intensive spectroscopic campaign was carried out using LRIS on Keck and FOCAS on Subaru. We collected 161 spectra with secure redshifts, with which we calibrated a larger sample of photometric redshifts.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/122/714
- Title:
- VR photometry of Century Survey galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/122/714
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We use 64{deg}^2^ of deep V and R CCD images to measure the local V- and R-band luminosity functions of galaxies. The V_0_<16.7 and R_0_<16.2 redshift samples contain 1255 and 1251 galaxies and are 98.1% and 98.2% complete, respectively.
