- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/725/1215
- Title:
- Faint UV standards from Swift, GALEX and SDSS
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/725/1215
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- At present, the precision of deep ultraviolet photometry is somewhat limited by the dearth of faint ultraviolet standard stars. In an effort to improve this situation, we present a uniform catalog of 11 new faint (u~17) ultraviolet standard stars. High-precision photometry of these stars has been taken from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and Galaxy Evolution Explorer archives and combined with new data from the Swift Ultraviolet Optical Telescope to provide precise photometric measures extending from the near-infrared to the far-ultraviolet. These stars were chosen because they are known to be hot (20000<T_eff_<50000K) DA white dwarfs with published Sloan spectra that should be photometrically stable. This careful selection allows us to compare the combined photometry and Sloan spectroscopy to models of pure hydrogen atmospheres to both constrain the underlying properties of the white dwarfs and test the ability of white dwarf models to predict the photometric measures.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/161/215
- Title:
- Far-ultraviolet variable sources in M31
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/161/215
- Date:
- 16 Mar 2022 11:52:04
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UVIT) on board the AstroSat observatory has imaged the Andromeda galaxy (M31) from 2017 to 2019 in the far- and near-UV (FUV and NUV) with the high spatial resolution of ~1". The survey covered the large sky area of M31 with a set of observations (Fields), each 28' in diameter. Field 1 was observed in two epochs with the F148W filter, separated by ~1133days (~3.10yr). The 6.4kpc diameter Field 1 (at the distance of M31) includes a substantial part of the inner spiral arms of the galaxy. We identify UVIT sources in both epochs of Field 1 and obtain catalogs of sources that are variable in FUV at >3{sigma} and >5{sigma} confidence level. The fraction of FUV-variable sources is higher for brighter sources, and the fraction is higher in the two main spiral arms compared to other areas. This is evidence that a significant fraction of the FUV variables are associated with hot young stars. Source counterparts are found for 42 of the 86 >5{sigma} FUV variables using existing catalogs. The counterparts include 10 star clusters, 6 HII regions, 5 regular or semiregular variables, 6 other variables, and 6 nova or nova candidates. The UVIT FUV-NUV and FUV-FUV color-magnitude diagrams confirm the association of most of the FUV variables with hot young stars. A catalog of UVIT photometry for the variable sources is presented.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/89/259
- Title:
- Far-UV photometry in Ori
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/89/259
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- (no description available)
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/408/484
- Title:
- Far-UV photometry of a field in Mon
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/408/484
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- (no description available)
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/96/461
- Title:
- Far-UV Point Sources from FAUST
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/96/461
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We list the photometric measurements of point sources made by the Far Ultraviolet Space Telescope (FAUST) when it flew on the ATLAS-1 space shuttle mission. The list contains 4698 Galactic and extragalactic objects detected in 22 wide-field images of the sky. At the locations surveyed, this catalog reaches a limiting magnitude approximately a factor of 10 fainter than the previous UV all-sky survey, TD1. The catalog limit is approximately 1x10^-14^ergs/s/cm^26/A, although it is not complete to this level. We list for each object the position, FUV flux, the error in flux, and where possible an identification from catalogs of nearby stars and galaxies. These catalogs include the Michigan HD (MHD) and HD, SAO, the HIPPARCOS Input Catalog, the Position and Proper Motion Catalog, the TD1 Catalog, the McCook and Sion Catalog of white dwarf stars, and the RC3 Catalog of Galaxies. We identify 2239 FAUST sources with objects in the stellar catalogs and 172 with galaxies in the RC3 catalog. We estimate the number of sources with incorrect identifications to be less than 2%. FAUST is a wide-field telescope (7.6{deg} diameter) designed to image diffuse and point sources in the wavelength range 140-180nm. The experiment, the mission and the data are described in a previous paper by Bowyer et al., 1993ApJ...415..875B .
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/710/332
- Title:
- Far-UV sources in M80
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/710/332
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Using the Advanced Camera for Surveys on Hubble Space Telescope, we have surveyed the far-ultraviolet (FUV) and near-ultraviolet (NUV) populations in the core region of M80. The color-magnitude diagram (CMD) reveals large numbers of blue and extreme horizontal branch stars and blue stragglers, as well as ~60 objects lying in the region of the CMD where accreting and detached white dwarf binaries are expected. Overall, the blue straggler stars are the most centrally concentrated population, with their radial distribution suggesting a typical blue straggler mass of about 1.2M_{sun}_. However, counterintuitively, the faint blue stragglers are significantly more centrally concentrated than the bright ones and a Kolmogorov-Smirnov test suggest only a 3.5% probability that both faint and bright blue stragglers are drawn from the same distribution. This may suggest that (some) blue stragglers get a kick during their formation. We have also been able to identify the majority of the known X-ray sources in the core with FUV bright stars. One of these FUV sources is a likely dwarf nova that was in eruption at the time of the FUV observations. This object is located at a position consistent with Nova 1860 AD, or T Scorpii. Based on its position, X-ray and UV characteristics, this system is almost certainly the source of the nova explosion. The radial distribution of the X-ray sources and of the cataclysmic variable candidates in our sample suggest masses >1M_{sun}_.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/96/605
- Title:
- Far UV Stellar Photometry
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/96/605
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Far-ultraviolet photometry for 741 objects in a field in Sagittarius centered near M8 and 541 objects in a field centered near zeta Scorpii is presented. These data were extracted from electrographic images obtained with two cameras during a shuttle flight in 1991 April/May. The cameras provided band passes with lambda_eff = 1375 A and lambda_eff = 1781 A. Synthetic colors show that these bands are sensitive to effective temperature for hot stars. Our measurements were placed on a quantitative far-ultraviolet magnitude scale by convolving the spectra of stars observed by IUE with our cameras' spectral response functions. Fifty-eight percent of the ultraviolet objects were identified with visible stars using the SIMBAD database while another 40% of the objects are blends of early type stars too close together to separate with our resolution. Our photometry is compared with that from the TD-1, OAO 2, and ANS satellites and the S201 (Apollo 16) far-ultraviolet camera and found to agree at the level of a few tenths of a magnitude. Unlike previous studies, almost half of the identified visual counterparts to the ultraviolet objects are early B stars. A plot of distance modulus against ultraviolet color excess reveals a significant population of stars with strong ultraviolet excesses.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/104/101
- Title:
- Far-UV stellar photometry
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/104/101
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Far-ultraviolet photometry is presented for 121 objects in a 20deg diameter field centered on Rho Oph and for 649 objects in a field covering the Galactic center. Broadband magnitudes with effective wavelengths of 1375A and 1781A are given. The Galactic center field overlaps two fields which were discussed in an earlier paper. Eighty- eight percent of the ultraviolet objects in the Rho Oph field were identified with visible stars using the SIMBAD database, while only 9% of the objects are blends of early-type stars too close together to separate with our resolution. The photometric calibration was studied in detail, and corrections for nonlinearity were derived for the fields analyzed earlier as well as those discussed here. For stars in common between the Galactic center field and the previous fields, a comparison of the magnitudes yielded estimates of the internal errors of the magnitudes of sigma_1375=0.13mag and sigma_1781=0.21mag. A collated list of stars in the fields covering the Galactic center and incorporating the revised calibration is presented and compared with the S201 data of the same region. The properties of the sample of ultraviolet objects in the Rho Oph field are briefly commented upon.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/313/641
- Title:
- FAUST observations in 4th Galactic Quadrant
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/313/641
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The UV observations of FAUST are analysed in four sky fields (Dor, Cen, M81 and Tel), located in the general direction of the Fourth Galactic Quadrant, where 777 UV sources are detected, about 50% more than detected originally by Bowyer et al. (1993ApJ...415..875B). Ground-based objective-prism information for two of the fields were used to select the best-matching optical objects with which to identify the UV sources. Using this, and correlations with existing catalogues, reliable identifications are presented for about 75% of the sources. Most of the remaining sources have assigned optical counterparts but, lacking additional information, we offer only plausible identifications. FAUST is a wide-field telescope (7.6{deg} diameter) designed to image diffuse and point sources in the wavelength range 140-180nm. The experiment, the mission and the data are described in a previous paper by Bowyer et al., 1993ApJ...415..875B .
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/324/580
- Title:
- FAUST sources in NGC 4038-39 and 6752 direction
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/324/580
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Analysis of ultraviolet (UV) observations with the FAUST shuttle-borne telescope toward the Antennae and NGC 6752 celestial regions resulted in the detection of 46 and 221 candidate sources respectively, for a signal-to-noise ratio of 8. We discuss the source detection process and the identification of UV sources with optical counterparts. Using correlations with existing catalogues, we present reliable identifications for approximately 60 per cent of the sources. We find that most identified objects are B, A and F stars. The remaining identified objects are galaxies, a white dwarf in a binary system, and two K-type stars. Nearly all of the remaining unidentified objects have assigned optical counterparts but, lacking additional information, we give these only as best estimates. With help from new diagnostic diagrams, we suggest that these unclassified objects are main-sequence (or giant) stars within the local spiral arm or halo; or other hot evolved objects within the local spiral arm. We discuss the nature of the objects found and compare our results with those predicted from spectral and Galactic models.
