- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/445/857
- Title:
- DPOSS II compact group survey
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/445/857
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- This paper presents the results of a pilot redshift survey of 18 candidate compact groups from the distant DPOSS survey that extends to redshift 0.2 the available surveys of compact groups of galaxies, mainly Hickson Compact Groups and Southern Compact Groups. The goal of our survey was to confirm group membership via redshift information and to measure the characteristic parameters of a representative, albeit small, sample of DPOSS survey groups.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/458/L59
- Title:
- Draco II stars gi magnitude & radial velocities
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/458/L59
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the first spectroscopic analysis of the faint and compact stellar system Draco II (Dra II, M_V_=-2.9+/-0.8,r_h_=19^+8^_-6_pc), recently discovered in the Panoramic Survey Telescope and Rapid Response System 1 3{PI} survey. The observations, conducted with DEIMOS on the Keck II telescope, establish some of its basic characteristics: the velocity data reveal a narrow peak with nine member stars at a systemic heliocentric velocity <v_r_>=-347.6^+1.7^_-1.8_km/s, thereby confirming Dra II is a satellite of the Milky Way; we infer a velocity dispersion with {sigma}_vr_=2.9+/-2.1km/s (<8.4km/s at the 95 per cent confidence level), which implie log_10_(M_1/2_)-5.5^+0.4^_-0.6_ and log_10_((M/L_)1/2_)=2.7^+0.5^_-0.8_, in Solar units; furthermore, very weak calcium triplet lines in the spectra of the high signal-to-noise member stars imply [Fe/H]<-2.1, whilst variations in the line strengths of two stars with similar colours and magnitudes suggest a metallicity spread in Dra II. These new data cannot clearly discriminate whether Draco II is a star cluster or amongst the faintest, most compact, and closest dwarf galaxies. However, the sum of the three - individually inconclusive - pieces of evidence presented here seems to favour the dwarf galaxy interpretation.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/300/417
- Title:
- Durham/UKST Galaxy Redshift Survey
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/300/417
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the radial velocities and blue, optical magnitudes for all of the galaxies within the Durham/UKST Galaxy Redshift Survey. This catalogue consists of ~2500 galaxy redshifts to a limiting apparent magnitude of B_J_~17mag, covering a ~1500deg^2^ area around the South Galactic Pole. The galaxies in this survey were selected from the Edinburgh/Durham Southern Galaxy Catalogue and were sampled, in order of apparent magnitude, at a rate of one galaxy in every three. The spectroscopy was performed at the 1.2-m UK Schmidt Telescope in Australia using the FLAIR multi-object spectrograph. We show that our radial velocity measurements made with this instrument have an empirical accuracy of +/-150km/s. The observational techniques and data reduction procedures used in the construction of this survey are also discussed. This survey demonstrates that the UKST can be used to make a three-dimensional map of the large-scale galaxy distribution, via a redshift survey to b_J_~17mag, over a wide area of the sky.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/638/A85
- Title:
- 3D view of Taurus with Gaia and Herschel
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/638/A85
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Taurus represents an ideal region to study the three-dimensional distribution of the young stellar population and relate it to the associated molecular cloud. The second Gaia data release (DR2) enables us to investigate the Taurus complex in three dimensions, starting from a previously defined robust membership. The molecular cloud structured in filaments can be traced in emission using the public far-infrared maps from Herschel. From a compiled catalog of spectroscopically confirmed members, we analyze the 283 sources with reliable parallax and proper motions in the Gaia DR2 archive. We fit the distribution of parallaxes and proper motions with multiple populations described by multivariate Gaussians. We compute the cartesian Galactic coordinates (X,Y,Z) and, for the populations associated with the main cloud, also the galactic space velocity (U,V,W). We discuss the spatial distribution of the populations in relation to the structure of the filamentary molecular cloud traced by Herschel. We discover the presence of six populations which are all well defined in parallax and proper motions, with the only exception being Taurus D. The derived distances range between ~130 and ~160pc. We do not find a unique relation between stellar population and the associated molecular cloud: while the stellar population seems to be on the cloud surface, both lying at similar distances, this is not the case when the molecular cloud is structured in filaments. Taurus B is probably moving in the direction of Taurus A, while Taurus E appears to be moving towards them. The Taurus region is the result of a complex star formation history which most probably occurred in clumpy and filamentary structures that are evolving independently.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/369/1375
- Title:
- Dwarf galaxies in NGC 1407 Group
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/369/1375
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The NGC 1407 Group stands out among nearby structures by its properties that suggest it is massive and evolved. It shares properties with entities that have been called fossil groups: the 1.4m differential between the dominant elliptical galaxy and the second brightest galaxy comes close to satisfying the definition that has been used to define the fossil class. There are few intermediate-luminosity galaxies, but a large number of dwarfs in the group. We estimate there are 250 group members to the depth of our survey. The slope of the faint end of the luminosity function (reaching M_R_=12) is alpha=-1.35. Velocities for 35 galaxies demonstrate that this group with one dominant galaxy has a mass of 7x10^13^M_{sun}_ and M/L_R_=340M_{sun}_/L_{sun}_. Two galaxies in close proximity to NGC 1407 have very large blueshifts. The most notable is the second brightest galaxy, NGC 1400, with a velocity of 1072km/s with respect to the group mean. We report the detection of X-ray emission from this galaxy and from the group.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/370/1223
- Title:
- Dynamical properties of 15 nearby galaxy groups
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/370/1223
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Here, we present an investigation of the properties of 15 nearby galaxy groups and their constituent galaxies. The groups are selected from the Group Evolution Multiwavelength Study (GEMS) and all have X-ray as well as wide-field neutral hydrogen (HI) observations. Group membership is determined using a friends-of-friends algorithm on the positions and velocities from the 6-degree Field Galaxy Survey and NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. For each group we derive their physical properties using this membership, including: velocity dispersions (sigma_v_), virial masses (M_V_), total K-band luminosities [L_K_(Tot)] and early-type fractions (f_early_) and present these data for the individual groups.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/468/2645
- Title:
- Dynamics of A3266. I. An Optical View.
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/468/2645
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present spectroscopy of 880 galaxies within a 2-degree field around the massive, merging cluster Abell 3266. This sample, which includes 704 new measurements, was combined with the existing redshifts measurements to generate a sample of over 1300 spectroscopic redshifts; the largest spectroscopic sample in the vicinity of A3266 to date. We define a cluster sub-sample of 790 redshifts which lie within a velocity range of 14000 to 22000km/s and within 1 degree of the cluster centre. A detailed structural analysis finds A3266 to have a complex dynamical structure containing six groups and filaments to the north of the cluster as well as a cluster core which can be decomposed into two components split along a northeast-southwest axis, consistent with previous X-ray observations. The mean redshift of the cluster core is found to be 0.0594+/-0.0005 and the core velocity dispersion is given as 1462+/-99km/s. The overall velocity dispersion and redshift of the entire cluster and related structures are 1337+/-67 km/s and 0.0596+/-0.0002, respectively, though the high velocity dispersion does not represent virialised motions but rather is due to relative motions of the cluster components. We posit A3266 is seen following a merger along the northeast southwest axis, however, the rich substructure in the rest of the cluster suggests that the dynamical history is more complex than just a simple merger with a range of continuous dynamical interactions taking place. It is thus likely that turbulence in A3266 is very high, even for a merging cluster.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/347/251
- Title:
- Dynamics of Globular Cluster M15
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/347/251
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The velocity dispersion as a function of radius in the globular cluster M15 is derived from measurements of 120 individual stars between 0.1' and 4.6' of the cluster center, and from the integrated light of the central cusp. The stellar measurements, with an individual accuracy of 1 km/s, indicate a mean cluster velocity of -107.1+/-0.9 km/s, and a mean velocity dispersion of 9.0+/-0.6 km/s. The velocity dispersion inside 1' varies with radius. The dispersion of the 27 stars within 20" is 14.2+/-1.9 km/s, while that of the 30 stars between 0.5' and 1.2' is 8.4+/-1.4 km/s. The cusp itself appears to have a dispersion of at least 25 km/s. Except for its greater velocity broadening, the spectrum of the integrated light of the cusp is indistinguishable from that formed by superposition of the individual M15 giant spectra, demonstrating that the excess light at the center is due primarily to the normal M15 population. The increase of the dispersion toward the center is not consistent with truncated isothermal (King-Michie) models, for which the velocity dispersion is nearly constant within a few core radii and then falls steeply beyond. The observed behaviour is difficult to reconcile as well with current post-core collapse models, which are also isothermal and whose central energy sources are modest. It is indicative of a nonthermal energy distribution with substantial heating in the central regions; this is consistent with a central black hole of about 1000 M_{sun}_.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/106/1508
- Title:
- Dynamics of globular cluster NGC 362
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/106/1508
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In this paper we have examined the internal dynamics of the globular cluster NGC 362 using a combination of V-band CCD images and echelle spectra of the member red giants. A V-band surface brightness profile (SBP) was constructed from the CCD images, and, after it was determined that the cluster is not post core-collapse, fit with single- and multi-pass King-Michie (KM) models. We found that for small values of the mass function slope, x, anisotropic models were favored while for steeper mass functions isotropic orbits provided superior fits. The total cluster luminosity is 1.70 +/- 0.1 x 10^5 L(Vsun) [assumes (m-M)0 = 14.77]. A total of 285 stellar spectra were obtained of 215 stars for radial velocity determinations. Three stars were obvious nonmembers and four showed strong evidence for radial velocity variations; these latter stars are probably members of binary systems with periods less than a few years. The true cluster binary fraction was determined from simulations to be 0.15 for circular orbits or 0.27 for orbits with a distribution function f(e) = e (e is eccentricity). This relatively high binary detection frequency may indicate that NGC 362 is overabundant in binaries compared to other clusters. The 208 remaining stellar velocities showed no sign of rotation and had kinematics which were incompatible with KM models having isotropic orbits and luminosity profiles consistent with the SBP. Therefore, the best agreement with both the kinematic data and the SBP were for shallow mass functions x = 0.0-0.5 and intermediate amounts of anisotropy in the velocity dispersion tensor. In this best-fit range, the derived cluster mass is M = 2.5-3.5x10^5 Msun for a global mass-to-light ratio of M/L(V) = 1.5-2.0 Msun/L(Vsun). This low value for x is in disagreement with the correlation between x and the height above the Galactic disk seen for a sample of other clusters. The results are also different from the sharp turnup in the low mass end of mass functions derived from the deep luminosity functions of three other globular clusters.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/459/391
- Title:
- Dynamics of NGC 4636 globular cluster system
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/459/391
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the first dynamical study of the globular cluster system of NGC 4636. It is the southernmost giant elliptical galaxy of the Virgo cluster and is claimed to be extremely dark matter dominated, according to X-ray observations. Globular clusters are used as dynamical tracers to investigate, by stellar dynamical means, the dark matter content of this galaxy. Several hundred medium resolution spectra were acquired at the VLT with FORS 2/MXU. We obtained velocities for 174 globular clusters in the radial range 0.90'<R<15.5', or 0.5-9R_e_ in units of effective radius. Assuming a distance of 15Mpc, the clusters are found at projected galactocentric distances in the range 4 to 70kpc, the overwhelming majority within 30kpc. The measured line-of-sight velocity dispersions are compared to Jeans-models.
