- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/583/A124
- Title:
- Ophiuchus r'g'z' photometry and redshifts
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/583/A124
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The Ophiuchus cluster, at a redshift z=0.0296, is known from X-rays to be one of the most massive nearby clusters, but due to its very low Galactic latitude its optical properties have not been investigated in detail. Aims. We discuss the optical properties of the galaxies in the Ophiuchus cluster, in particular with the aim of understanding better its dynamical properties. We have obtained deep optical imaging in several bands with various telescopes, and applied a sophisticated method to model and subtract the contributions of stars in order to measure galaxy magnitudes as accurately as possible. The colour-magnitude relations obtained show that there are hardly any blue galaxies in Ophiuchus (at least brighter than r'<=19.5), and this is confirmed by the fact that we only detect two galaxies in H{alpha}. We also obtained a number of spectra with ESO-FORS2, that we combined with previously available redshifts. Altogether, we have 152 galaxies with spectroscopic redshifts in the 0.02<=z<=0.04 range, and 89 galaxies with both a redshift within the cluster redshift range and a measured r' band magnitude (limited to the Megacam 1x1deg^2^ field).
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/473/399
- Title:
- Optical and HI data of 6 southern galaxy groups
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/473/399
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Multi-wavelength observations of Hickson's Compact Groups (HCGs) have shown that many of these groups are physical bound structures and are in different stage of evolution, from spiral-dominated systems to almost merged objects. Very few studies have analysed the Southern Compact Groups (SCGs) sample, which is thought to be younger that HCGs, due to an on average higher number of spiral galaxies. We present here the first results from optical and radio observations on a pilot sample of SCGs. Optical observations of SCGs obtained with ESO telescopes and radio data from the ATCA allow us to probe the distribution of the warm intra-group medium and the evolutionary stage of each group, by means of morphological studies and via measurements of star formation and other types of nuclear activity.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/126/119
- Title:
- Optical and radio data for rich Abell clusters
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/126/119
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present optical observations and radio continuum imaging data for a sample of rich, X-ray-bright Abell clusters at intermediate (z~0.2) redshifts. We find that the radio galaxy population varies substantially from cluster to cluster within this homogeneous sample. The spatial distribution of the high-luminosity radio galaxies (HLRGs; L1.4>10^23^W/Hz) is very different from the low-luminosity radio galaxies (LLRGs; L1.4<=10^22.75^W/Hz), with the LLRGs displaying a flat spatial distribution in contrast to the centrally peaked HLRGs. A color-morphology classification shows that the HLRGs are composed primarily of galaxies with old stellar populations, whereas the LLRGs have a much more diverse composition. We do not see a correlation between the cluster radio fraction and cluster blue fraction. However, there is a moderate anticorrelation with richness, suggesting that a rich cluster is less likely to have radio-bright galaxies, whether the radio emission is due to active galactic nuclei or star formation.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/131/2426
- Title:
- Optical and radio study of Abell 2111
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/131/2426
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present an in-depth analysis of the Butcher-Oemler cluster A2111, including new optical spectroscopy plus a deep Very Large Array (VLA) radio continuum observation. These are combined with optical imaging from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) to assess the activity and properties of member galaxies. Prior X-ray studies have suggested A2111 to be a head-on cluster merger, a dynamical state that might be connected to the high level of activity inferred from its blue fraction. We are able to directly assess this claim, using our spectroscopic data to identify 95 cluster members among 196 total galaxy spectra. We are able to detect 175 optical sources from the SDSS in our VLA radio data, of which 35 have redshift information.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/421/2982
- Title:
- Optical and UV colors of Coma galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/421/2982
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present and analyse optical and ultraviolet (UV) colours for passive and optically-red Coma cluster galaxies for which we have spectroscopic age and element abundance estimates. Our sample of 150 objects covers a wide range in mass, from giant ellipticals down to the bright end of the dwarf-galaxy regime. Galaxies with ongoing star formation have been removed using strict H{alpha} emission-line criteria. We focus on the colours FUV-i, NUV-i, FUV-NUV, u*-g and g-i. We find that all of these colours are correlated with both luminosity and velocity dispersion at the >5{sigma} level, with FUV-i and FUV-NUV becoming bluer with increasing 'mass' while the other colours become redder. We perform a purely empirical analysis to assess what fraction of the variation in each colour can be accounted for by variations in the average stellar populations, as traced by the optical spectra.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/460/1758
- Title:
- Optical emission lines in galaxy cluster cores 1
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/460/1758
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present an Integral Field Unit survey of 73 galaxy clusters and groups with the VIsible Multi Object Spectrograph on the Very Large Telescope. We exploit the data to determine the H{alpha} gas dynamics on kpc scales to study the feedback processes occurring within the dense cluster cores. We determine the kinematic state of the ionized gas and show that the majority of systems (~2/3) have relatively ordered velocity fields on kpc scales that are similar to the kinematics of rotating discs and are decoupled from the stellar kinematics of the brightest cluster galaxy. The majority of the H{alpha} flux (>50 per cent) is typically associated with these ordered kinematics and most systems show relatively simple morphologies suggesting they have not been disturbed by a recent merger or interaction. Approximately 20 per cent of the sample (13/73) have disturbed morphologies which can typically be attributed to active galactic nuclei activity disrupting the gas. Only one system shows any evidence of an interaction with another cluster member. A spectral analysis of the gas suggests that the ionization of the gas within cluster cores is dominated by non-stellar processes, possibly originating from the intracluster medium itself.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/VII/169
- Title:
- Optical Identifications of IRAS Point Sources
- Short Name:
- VII/169
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Optical identifications are given of IRAS point sources: 312 sources in a 304 square deg area centred on the South Galactic Pole, of which 148 are identified with stars, 154 with galaxies and 10 are unidentified down to 21st magnitude; 206 point sources in a 113 square deg area centred on the Virgo cluster, of which 54 are identified with stars, 113 with optically bright (B_J<16) galaxies, 32 with faint galaxies, and 7 are apparently empty fields; (66, 114, 61) sources in the regions of (Fornax, Hydra I, Coma) cluster of galaxies, of which (35, 48, 18) are identified with stars, (43, 58, 41) with galaxies.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/495/379
- Title:
- Optical radial velocities in A85
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/495/379
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In this series of papers we explore the evolution of late-type galaxies in the rich cluster Abell 85. In this first paper we revisit the complex dynamical state of A 85 by using independent methods. First, we analyze the galaxy redshift distribution towards A 85 in the whole range 0-40000km/s, and determine the mean redshifts of the background clusters A 87 and A 89, very close in projection to A 85. Then we search for substructures in A 85 by considering the 2D galaxy distribution of its members (13000-20000km/s) and by applying the kinematical 3D {Delta}-test to both projected positions and radial velocities.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/109/14
- Title:
- Optical spectroscopy of Abell clusters. I.
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/109/14
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present results of a program of optical spectroscopy of radio galaxies in rich clusters. Redshifts are reported for 268 radio galaxies or close companions in Abell clusters and 36 objects which turned out to be foreground or background objects. Absolute line strengths are also reported for the 3727{AA} [OII] line and the [NII]/H{alpha} complex. We find no evidence that the radio activity in our sample of mostly FR I radio galaxies is associated with emission-line luminosities above those found in "normal" galaxies of the same absolute magnitude and optical type. We also find that the radial velocity differences between radio galaxies and the cluster mean seem mainly to be a function of galaxy absolute magnitude rather than radio properties.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/489/11
- Title:
- Optical view of Abell 85 filament region
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/489/11
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present an optical investigation of the Abell 85 cluster filament (z=0.055) previously interpreted in X-rays as groups falling on to the main cluster. We compare the distribution of galaxies with the X-ray filament, and investigate the galaxy luminosity functions in several bands and in several regions. We search for galaxies where star formation may have been triggered by interactions with intracluster gas or tidal pressure due to the cluster potential when entering the cluster.
