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2471. Spatial substructure of Cygnus OB2
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/484/1838
Title:
Spatial substructure of Cygnus OB2
Short Name:
J/MNRAS/484/1838
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
For the first time, we have explored the spatial substructure of the Cygnus OB2 association using parallaxes from the recent second Gaia data release. We find significant line-of-sight substructure within the association, which we quantify using a parametrized model that reproduces the observed parallax distribution. This inference approach is necessary due to the non-linearity of the parallax distance transformation and the asymmetry of the resulting probability distribution. Using a Markov Chain Monte Carlo ensemble sampler and an unbinned maximum likelihood test, we identify two different stellar groups superposed on the association. We find the main Cygnus OB2 group at ~1760pc, further away than recent estimates have envisaged, and a foreground group at ~1350pc. We also calculate individual membership probabilities and identify outliers as possible non-members of the association.
2472. Speckle holography of binary systems with OAN-SPM
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/160/9
Title:
Speckle holography of binary systems with OAN-SPM
Short Name:
J/AJ/160/9
Date:
08 Dec 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present our first results of multiband Speckle Holography of components of visual double stars. The observations were performed during 2019-April at the 2.1m telescope at the Observatorio Astronomico Nacional at Sierra de San Pedro Martir (Mexico). We have observed 190 double stars with separation between 3" and 5". The position angle, separation and magnitude difference in three broadband optical filters (VRI) for these systems are provided. For 15 systems we found different interesting features, we have identified a close component for 9 of those systems; 5 of them are newly discovered. In the remaining 6 systems, although unresolved, we found elongations that we have been able to derive astrometric parameters if proven to be a (newly discovered) close component. This corresponds to about 8% of the sample presenting a certain feature in one of the components and about 5% of the sample having a confirmed close component.
2473. Speckle interferometry at SOAR in 2020
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/162/41
Title:
Speckle interferometry at SOAR in 2020
Short Name:
J/AJ/162/41
Date:
14 Mar 2022 06:54:42
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
The results of speckle interferometric observations at the 4.1m Southern Astrophysical Research Telescope in 2020, as well as earlier unpublished data, are given, totaling 1735 measurements of 1288 resolved pairs and nonresolutions of 1177 targets. We resolved for the first time 59 new pairs or subsystems in known binaries, mostly among nearby dwarf stars. This work continues our long-term speckle program. Its main goal is to monitor orbital motion of close binaries, including members of high-order hierarchies and Hipparcos pairs in the solar neighborhood. We also report observations of 892 members of young moving groups and associations, where we resolved 103 new pairs.
2474. Speckle interferometry at SOAR in 2018
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/158/48
Title:
Speckle interferometry at SOAR in 2018
Short Name:
J/AJ/158/48
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
The results of speckle interferometric observations at the 4.1 m Southern Astrophysical Research Telescope (SOAR) in 2018 are given, totaling 3097 measurements of 2427 resolved pairs with separations from 11 mas to 5.9" (median 0.15", magnitude difference up to 7 mag) and nonresolutions of 624 targets. This work continues our long-term speckle program. Its main goal is to monitor orbital motion of close binaries, including members of high-order hierarchies and Hipparcos pairs in the solar neighborhood. Also, pre-main-sequence stars in the Orion OB1 association were surveyed, resolving 26 out of 118 targets. In addition, we report the discovery of 35 new companions among field visual multiples (some of which are likely optical) and first-time resolutions of another 31 pairs. By combining the measurements given here with the published ones, we computed 76 orbits for the first time and updated orbital elements of 34 visual binaries. Their periods range from 0.65 to 1100 yr, and their quality varies from first tentative solutions of grade 5 to accurate elements of grades 1 and 2. Finally, a list of 53 spurious pairs discovered by various techniques and unresolved at SOAR is given.
2475. Speckle interferometry at SOAR in 2016 and 2017
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/155/235
Title:
Speckle interferometry at SOAR in 2016 and 2017
Short Name:
J/AJ/155/235
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
The results of speckle interferometric observations at the 4.1 m Southern Astrophysical Research Telescope in 2016 and 2017 are given, totaling 2483 measurements of 1570 resolved pairs and 609 non-resolutions. We describe briefly recent changes in the instrument and observing method and quantify the accuracy of the pixel scale and position angle calibration. Comments are given on 44 pairs resolved here for the first time. The orbital motion of the newly resolved subsystem BU 83 Aa,Ab roughly agrees with its 36-year astrometric orbit proposed by J. Dommanget. Most Tycho binaries examined here turned out to be spurious.
2476. Speckle-interferometry in Melotte 111
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/150/16
Title:
Speckle-interferometry in Melotte 111
Short Name:
J/AJ/150/16
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present a high-angular resolution survey for the search of binary and multiple stars in the Galactic open cluster Melotte 111. Combining our own speckle-interferometric observations with data taken from the literature, we found a ratio of the number of single to multiple stars to be 29:8:0:0:0:1 for the most probable members, indicating a multiplicity fraction for this cluster of 25.6%+/-2%. We also observed field stars in the vicinity of the cluster and estimated a ratio of multiplicities of 286:17:1:0:0:0:1 (between one and seven companions), equivalent to a multiplicity fraction of 5.9%+/-3%. We showed that the cumulative distribution of separations for our sample stars is in agreement with Opik's law.
2477. Speckle interfero. nearby multiple stars. II
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/162/156
Title:
Speckle interfero. nearby multiple stars. II
Short Name:
J/AJ/162/156
Date:
14 Mar 2022 06:50:24
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Long-term monitoring at the 6m telescope of the Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences made it possible to improve the orbits of 15 objects (HIP689, HIP3951, HIP10438, HIP43948, HIP69962, HIP95995, HIP102029, HIP102357, HIP104383, HIP105947, HIP106255, HIP108917, HIP111546, HIP113726, HIP114922) and construct an orbital solution for HIP65327 for the first time. Observations have been carried out since 2007; that is, the accumulated data correspond to an interval of 13yr. As a result, most of the orbits were classified as "accurate" using the qualitative criteria by Worley & Heintz. A comparison of the mass sums and masses of the components calculated by two independent methods was made for objects with orbital solutions. The Gaia EDR3 parallax was used to obtain the fundamental parameters, as well as the Hipparcos and Gaia DR2 parallaxes.
2478. Speckle observations & orbits of multiple stars
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/158/167
Title:
Speckle observations & orbits of multiple stars
Short Name:
J/AJ/158/167
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We report results of speckle-interferometric monitoring of visual hierarchical systems using the newly commissioned instrument NN-EXPLORE Exoplanet and Stellar Speckle Imager at the 3.5 m WIYN telescope. During one year, 390 measurements of 129 resolved subsystems were made, while some targets were unresolved. Using our astrometry and archival data, we computed 36 orbits (27 for the first time). Spectro-interferometric orbits of seven pairs are determined by combining positional measurements with radial velocities measured, mostly, with the Center for Astrophysics digital speedometers. For the hierarchical systems HIP 65026 (periods 49 and 1.23 yr) and HIP 85209 (periods 34 and 1.23 yr) we determined both the inner and the outer orbits using astrometry and radial velocities and measured the mutual orbit inclinations of 11.3{deg}+/-1.0{deg} and 12.0{deg}+/-3.0{deg}, respectively. Four bright stars are resolved for the first time; two of those are triple systems. Several visual subsystems announced in the literature are shown to be spurious. We note that subsystems in compact hierarchies with outer separations less than 100 au tend to have less eccentric orbits compared to wider hierarchies.
2479. Speckle observations TESS exoplanet host stars. II.
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/162/75
Title:
Speckle observations TESS exoplanet host stars. II.
Short Name:
J/AJ/162/75
Date:
18 Mar 2022 09:30:45
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present high-angular-resolution imaging observations of 517 host stars of TESS exoplanet candidates using the 'Alopeke and Zorro speckle cameras at Gemini North and South. The sample consists mainly of bright F, G, K stars at distances of less than 500pc. Our speckle observations span angular resolutions of ~20mas out to 1.2", yielding spatial resolutions of <10-500au for most stars, and our contrast limits can detect companion stars 5-9mag fainter than the primary at optical wavelengths. We detect 102 close stellar companions and determine the separation, magnitude difference, mass ratio, and estimated orbital period for each system. Our observations of exoplanet host star binaries reveal that they have wider separations than field binaries, with a mean orbital semimajor axis near 100 au. Other imaging studies have suggested this dearth of very closely separated binaries in systems which host exoplanets, but incompleteness at small separations makes it difficult to disentangle unobserved companions from a true lack of companions. With our improved angular resolution and sensitivity, we confirm that this lack of close exoplanet host binaries is indeed real. We also search for a correlation between planetary orbital radii versus binary star separation; but, given the very short orbital periods of the TESS planets, we do not find any clear trend. We do note that in exoplanet systems containing binary host stars, there is an observational bias against detecting Earth-size planet transits due to transit depth dilution caused by the companion star.
2480. Spectra & HST obs. of gal. in 1ES1553+113 field
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/884/L31
Title:
Spectra & HST obs. of gal. in 1ES1553+113 field
Short Name:
J/ApJ/884/L31
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
The relationship between galaxies and the state/chemical enrichment of the warm-hot intergalactic medium (WHIM) expected to dominate the baryon budget at low-z provides sensitive constraints on structure formation and galaxy evolution models. We present a deep redshift survey in the field of 1ES1553+113, a blazar with a unique combination of ultraviolet (UV)+X-ray spectra for surveys of the circumgalactic/intergalactic medium (CGM/IGM). Nicastro+ (2018Natur.558..406N) reported the detection of two OVII WHIM absorbers at z=0.4339 and 0.3551 in its spectrum, suggesting that the WHIM is metal rich and sufficient to close the missing baryons problem. Our survey indicates that the blazar is a member of a z=0.433 group and that the higher-z OVII candidate arises from its intragroup medium. The resulting bias precludes its use in baryon censuses. The z=0.3551 candidate occurs in an isolated environment 630kpc from the nearest galaxy (with stellar mass logM_*_/M_{sun}_~9.7), which we show is unexpected for the WHIM. Finally, we characterize the galactic environments of broad HI Ly{alpha} absorbers (Doppler widths of b=40-80km/s; T<~4x10^5^K) that provide metallicity-independent WHIM probes. On average, broad Ly{alpha} absorbers are ~2x closer to the nearest luminous (L>0.25L*) galaxy (700kpc) than narrow (b<30km/s; T<~4x10^5^K) ones (1300kpc) but ~2x further than OVI absorbers (350kpc). These observations suggest that gravitational collapse heats portions of the IGM to form the WHIM, but with feedback that does not enrich the IGM far beyond galaxy/group halos to levels currently observable in UV/X-ray metal lines.