- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/460/30
- Title:
- gi photometry of Sextans dSph galaxy stars
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/460/30
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present wide-field g- and i-band stellar photometry of the Sextans dwarf spheroidal galaxy and its surrounding area out to four times its half-light radius (r_h_=695pc), based on images obtained with the Dark Energy Camera at the 4-m Blanco telescope at CTIO. We find clear evidence of stellar substructure associated with the galaxy, extending to a distance of 82-arcmin (2kpc) from its centre. We perform a statistical analysis of the overdensities and find three distinct features, as well as an extended halo-like structure, to be significant at the 99.7 per cent confidence level or higher. Unlike the extremely elongated and extended substructures surrounding the Hercules dwarf spheroidal galaxy, the overdensities seen around Sextans are distributed evenly about its centre, and do not appear to form noticeable tidal tails. Fitting a King model to the radial distribution of Sextans stars yields a tidal radius r_t_=83.2-arcmin+/-7.1 arcmin (2.08+/-0.18kpc), which implies the majority of detected substructure is gravitationally bound to the galaxy. This finding suggests that Sextans is not undergoing significant tidal disruption from the Milky Way, supporting the scenario in which the orbit of Sextans has a low eccentricity.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/151/7
- Title:
- Globular and open clusters observed by SDSS/SEGUE
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/151/7
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present griz observations for the clusters M92, M13 and NGC 6791 and gr photometry for M71, Be 29 and NGC 7789. In addition we present new membership identifications for all these clusters, which have been observed spectroscopically as calibrators for the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS)/SEGUE survey; this paper focuses in particular on the red giant branch stars in the clusters. In a number of cases, these giants were too bright to be observed in the normal SDSS survey operations, and we describe the procedure used to obtain spectra for these stars. For M71, we also present a new variable reddening map and a new fiducial for the gr giant branch. For NGC 7789, we derived a transformation from T_eff_ to g-r for giants of near solar abundance, using IRFM T_eff_ measures of stars with good ugriz and 2MASS photometry and SEGUE spectra. The result of our analysis is a robust list of known cluster members with correctly dereddened and (if needed) transformed gr photometry for crucial calibration efforts for SDSS and SEGUE.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/137/4956
- Title:
- Globular clusters around NGC 1407
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/137/4956
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- NGC 1407 is the central elliptical in a nearby evolved group of galaxies apparently destined to become a galaxy cluster core. We use the kinematics of globular clusters (GCs) to probe the dynamics and mass profile of the group's center, out to a radius of 60kpc (~10 galaxy effective radii)-the most extended data set to date around an early-type galaxy. This sample consists of 172 GC line-of-sight velocities, most of them newly obtained using Keck/DEIMOS, with a few additional objects identified as dwarf-globular transition objects or as intragroup GCs.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/416/155
- Title:
- Globular clusters in five early-type galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/416/155
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In this paper, we present deep high-quality photometry of globular cluster systems (GCSs) belonging to five early-type galaxies, covering a range of mass and environment. Photometric data were obtained with the Gemini North and Gemini South telescopes in the filter passbands g', r' and i'. The combination of these filters with good seeing conditions allows an excellent separation between globular cluster (GC) candidates and unresolved field objects.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/191/254
- Title:
- GMBCG galaxy cluster catalog from SDSS DR7
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/191/254
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a large catalog of optically selected galaxy clusters from the application of a new Gaussian Mixture Brightest Cluster Galaxy (GMBCG) algorithm to SDSS Data Release 7 data. The algorithm detects clusters by identifying the red-sequence plus brightest cluster galaxy (BCG) feature, which is unique for galaxy clusters and does not exist among field galaxies. Red-sequence clustering in color space is detected using an Error Corrected Gaussian Mixture Model. We run GMBCG on 8240 deg^2^ of photometric data from SDSS DR7 to assemble the largest ever optical galaxy cluster catalog, consisting of over 55,000 rich clusters across the redshift range from 0.1<z<0.55. We present Monte Carlo tests of completeness and purity and perform cross-matching with X-ray clusters and with the maxBCG sample at low redshift. These tests indicate high completeness and purity across the full redshift range for clusters with 15 or more members.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/131/49
- Title:
- Gravitational lenses among z>=4.0 quasars
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/131/49
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report on i-band snapshot observations of 157 Sloan Digital Sky Survey quasars at 4.0<z<5.4 using the Advanced Camera for Surveys on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) to search for evidence of gravitational lensing of these sources.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/772/73
- Title:
- GRB with early-time optical emission
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/772/73
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a multi-wavelength analysis of Swift gamma-ray burst GRB 090727, for which optical emission was detected during the prompt {gamma}-ray emission by the 2m autonomous robotic Liverpool Telescope and subsequently monitored for a further two days with the Liverpool and Faulkes Telescopes. Within the context of the standard fireball model, we rule out a reverse shock origin for the early-time optical emission in GRB 090727 and instead conclude that the early-time optical flash likely corresponds to emission from an internal dissipation process. Putting GRB 090727 into a broader observational and theoretical context, we build a sample of 36 {gamma}-ray bursts (GRBs) with contemporaneous early-time optical and {gamma}-ray detections. From these GRBs, we extract a sub-sample of 18 GRBs, which show optical peaks during prompt {gamma}-ray emission, and perform detailed temporal and spectral analysis in {gamma}-ray, X-ray, and optical bands. We find that in most cases early-time optical emission shows sharp and steep behavior, and notice a rich diversity of spectral properties. Using a simple internal shock dissipation model, we show that the emission during prompt GRB phase can occur at very different frequencies via synchrotron radiation. Based on the results obtained from observations and simulation, we conclude that the standard external shock interpretation for early-time optical emission is disfavored in most cases due to sharp peaks ({Delta}t/t<1) and steep rise/decay indices, and that internal dissipation can explain the properties of GRBs with optical peaks during {gamma}-ray emission.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/536/A89
- Title:
- g'r'i' and redshift of Abell 2254 galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/536/A89
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The mechanisms giving rise to diffuse radio emission in galaxy clusters and, in particular, their connection with cluster mergers are still being debated. We explore the internal dynamics of Abell 2254, which has been shown to host a very clumpy and irregular radio halo. Our analysis is mainly based on redshift data for 128 galaxies acquired at the Telescopio Nazionale Galileo. We combined galaxy velocities and positions to select 110 cluster galaxies and analyze its internal dynamics. We also used new (g', r', i') photometric data acquired at the Isaac Newton Telescope, and (V, i') photometric data available in the Subaru Archive. X-ray data from the XMM-Newton Science Archive were analyzed to study the hot gas component.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/640/A38
- Title:
- gr images of 20 isolated early-type galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/640/A38
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Isolated early-type galaxies are evolving in unusually poor environments for this morphological family, which is typical of cluster inhabitants. We investigate the mechanisms driving the evolution of these galaxies. Several studies indicate that interactions, accretions, and merging episodes leave their signature on the galaxy structure, from the nucleus down to the faint outskirts. We focus on revealing such signatures, if any, in a sample of isolated early-type galaxies, and we quantitatively revise their galaxy classification. We observed 20 (out of 104) isolated early-type galaxies, selected from the AMIGA catalog, with the 4KCCD camera at the Vatican Advanced Technology Telescope (VATT) in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) g and r bands. These are the deepest observations of a sample of isolated early-type galaxies so far: on average, the light profiles reach {mu}_g_~=28.11+/-0.70mag/arcsec^2^ and {mu}_r_~=27.36+/-0,68mag/arcsec^2^. The analysis was performed using the AIDA package, providing point spread function-corrected 2D surface photometry up to the galaxy outskirts. The package provides a model of the 2D galaxy light distribution, which after model subtraction enhances the fine and peculiar structures in the residual image of the galaxies. Our re-classification suggests that the sample is composed of bona fide early-type galaxies spanning from ellipticals to late-S0s galaxies. Most of the surface brightness profiles are best fitted with a bulge plus disc model, suggesting the presence of an underlying disc structure. The residuals obtained after the model subtraction show the nearly ubiquitous presence of fine structures, such as shells, stellar fans, rings, and tails. Shell systems are revealed in about 60% of these galaxies. Because interaction, accretion, and merging events are widely interpreted as the origin of the fans, ripples, shells and tails in galaxies, we suggest that most of these isolated early-type galaxies have experienced such events. Because they are isolated (after 2-3Gyr), these galaxies are the cleanest environment in which to study phenomena connected with events like these.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/775/129
- Title:
- gri photometry in compact groups of galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/775/129
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Compact groups of galaxies provide conditions similar to those experienced by galaxies in the earlier universe. Recent work on compact groups has led to the discovery of a dearth of mid-infrared transition galaxies (MIRTGs) in Infrared Array Camera (3.6-8.0{mu}m) color space as well as at intermediate specific star formation rates. However, we find that in compact groups these MIRTGs have already transitioned to the optical ([g-r]) red sequence. We investigate the optical color-magnitude diagram (CMD) of 99 compact groups containing 348 galaxies and compare the optical CMD with mid-infrared (mid-IR) color space for compact group galaxies. Utilizing redshifts available from Sloan Digital Sky Survey, we identified new galaxy members for four groups. By combining optical and mid-IR data, we obtain information on both the dust and the stellar populations in compact group galaxies. We also compare with more isolated galaxies and galaxies in the Coma Cluster, which reveals that, similar to clusters, compact groups are dominated by optically red galaxies. While we find that compact group transition galaxies lie on the optical red sequence, LVL+SINGS mid-IR transition galaxies span the range of optical colors. The dearth of mid-IR transition galaxies in compact groups may be due to a lack of moderately star-forming low mass galaxies; the relative lack of these galaxies could be due to their relatively small gravitational potential wells. This makes them more susceptible to this dynamic environment, thus causing them to more easily lose gas or be accreted by larger members.
