- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/123/2223
- Title:
- SPICES II: CHANDRA observations of Lynx
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/123/2223
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present our first results on field X-ray sources detected in a deep, 184.7ks observation with the Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer (ACIS-I) on the Chandra X-Ray Observatory. The observations target the Lynx field (RA=08h48min, DE=+44{deg}54') of SPICES, the Spectroscopic Photometric Infrared-Chosen Extragalactic Survey, which contains three known X-ray-emitting clusters at redshifts of z=0.57, 1.26, and 1.27. Not including the known clusters, in the 17'x17' ACIS-I field we detect 132 sources in the 0.5-2keV (soft) X-ray band down to a limiting flux of ~1.7x10^-16^ergs/cm^2^/s and 11 sources in the 2-10keV (hard) X-ray band down to a limiting flux of ~1.3x10^-15^ergs/cm^2^/s. The combined catalog contains a total of 153 sources, of which 42 are detected only in the soft band and 21 are detected only in the hard band. Confirming previous Chandra results, we find that the fainter sources have harder X-ray spectra, providing a consistent solution to the long-standing "spectral paradox." From deep optical and near-infrared follow-up data, 77% of the X-ray sources have optical counterparts to I=24, and 71% of the X-ray sources have near-infrared counterparts to Ks=20. Four of the 24 sources in the near-IR field are associated with extremely red objects (EROs; I-Ks>=4). We have obtained spectroscopic redshifts with the Keck telescopes of 18 of the Lynx Chandra sources. These sources comprise a mix of broad-lined active galaxies, apparently normal galaxies, and two late-type Galactic dwarfs. Intriguingly, one Galactic source is identified with an M7 dwarf exhibiting nontransient, hard X-ray emission. Thirteen of the Chandra sources are located within regions for which we have Hubble Space Telescope imaging. Nine of the sources are detected, showing a range of morphologies: several show compact cores embedded within diffuse emission, while others are spatially extended showing typical galaxy morphologies. Two of the Chandra sources in this subsample appear to be associated with mergers. We briefly review non-active galactic nucleus mechanisms to produce X-ray emission and discuss properties of the Lynx Chandra sample in relation to other samples of X-ray and non-X-ray sources.
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- ID:
- ivo://nasa.heasarc/spicescxo
- Title:
- SPICES Lynx Field Chandra X-Ray Source Catalog
- Short Name:
- SPICESCXO
- Date:
- 09 May 2025
- Publisher:
- NASA/GSFC HEASARC
- Description:
- This table contains the first results on field X-ray sources detected in a deep, 184.7 ks observation with the Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer (ACIS-I) on the Chandra X-Ray Observatory. The observations target the Lynx field (J2000.0 RA = 08h 48m and Dec = +44d 54') of SPICES, the Spectroscopic Photometric Infrared-Chosen Extragalactic Survey, which contains three known X-ray-emitting clusters at redshifts of z = 0.57, 1.26, and 1.27. Not including the known clusters, in the 17' x 17' ACIS-I field the authors detect 132 sources in the 0.5 - 2 keV (soft) X-ray band down to a 2.1-sigma limiting flux of ~ 1.7 x 10<sup>-16</sup> erg/cm<sup>2</sup>/s and 11 sources in the 2 - 10 keV (hard) X-ray band down to a 2.1-sigma limiting flux of ~ 1.3 x 10<sup>-15</sup> erg/cm<sup>2</sup>/s. The combined catalog contains a total of 153 X-ray sources, of which 42 are detected only in the soft band and 21 are detected only in the hard band. Confirming previous Chandra results, the authors find that the fainter sources have harder X-ray spectra, providing a consistent solution to the long-standing "spectral paradox". From deep optical and near-infrared follow-up data, 77% of the X-ray sources have optical counterparts to I = 24, and 71% of the X-ray sources have near-infrared counterparts to K<sub>s</sub> = 20. Four of the 24 sources in the near-IR field are associated with extremely red objects (EROs; I - K<sub>s</sub> >= 4). The authors have obtained spectroscopic redshifts with the Keck telescopes of 18 of the Lynx Chandra sources. These sources comprise a mix of broad-lined active galaxies, apparently normal galaxies, and two late-type Galactic dwarfs. Intriguingly, one Galactic source (number 72) is identified with an M7 dwarf exhibiting non-transient, hard X-ray emission. Thirteen of the Chandra sources are located within regions for which the authors have Hubble Space Telescope imaging. Nine of the sources are detected, showing a range of morphologies: several show compact cores embedded within diffuse emission, while others are spatially extended showing typical galaxy morphologies. Two of the Chandra sources in this subsample appear to be associated with mergers. ACIS-I observations of the Lynx field were obtained on 2000 May 3 (65 ks; OBS-ID 1708) and 2000 May 4 (125 ks; OBS-ID 927). Time intervals with background rates larger than 3 sigma over the quiescent value of ~ 0.30 counts s<sup>-1</sup> per chip in the 0.3 - 10 keV band were removed. This procedure gave 60.7 ks of effective exposure out of the first observation and 124 ks out of the second, for a total of 184.7 ks. The two observations are almost coincident on the sky, so that the total coverage is 298 arcmin<sup>2</sup>. The aim point for the observations was RA = 08h 48m 54.79s, Dec = +44d 54' 32.9" (J2000.0), and both exposures were obtained in the faint mode when ACIS was at a temperature of -120 C. The Galactic absorbing column for this field is N<sub>H</sub> = 2 x 10<sup>20</sup> cm<sup>-2</sup>. The position angle of the observations was 258.45 degrees. Cosmology-dependent parameters are calculated for two models: an Einstein-de Sitter (EdS) universe consistent with previous work in this field (H<sub>0</sub> = 50 h<sub>50</sub> km s<sup>-1</sup> Mpc<sup>-1</sup>, Omega<sub>M</sub> = 1, and Omega<sub>Lambda</sub> = 0) and the dark energy cosmology (DEC) universe favored by recent work on high-redshift supernovae and fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background (H<sub>0</sub> = 65 km s<sup>-1</sup> Mpc<sup>-1</sup>, Omega<sub>M</sub> = 0.35, and Omega<sub>Lambda</sub> = 0.65). This table was created by the HEASARC in April 2007 based on <a href="https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/ftp/cats/J/AJ/123/2223">CDS catalog J/AJ/123/2223</a> files table1.dat, table2.dat and table3.dat. This is a service provided by NASA HEASARC .
14293. SPIDERS BCGs gri photometry
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/478/4952
- Title:
- SPIDERS BCGs gri photometry
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/478/4952
- Date:
- 10 Dec 2021 13:51:48
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a sample of 329 low-to intermediate-redshift (0.05<z<0.3) brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs) in X-ray-selected clusters from the SPectroscopic IDentification of eRosita Sources survey, a spectroscopic survey within Sloan Digital Sky Survey-IV (SDSS-IV). We define our BCGs by simultaneous consideration of legacy X-ray data from ROSAT, maximum-likelihood outputs from an optical cluster-finder algorithm and visual inspection. Using SDSS imaging data, we fit Sersic profiles to our BCGs in three bands (g, r, i) with SIGMA a GALFIT-based software wrapper. We examine the reliability of our fits by running our pipeline on ~10^4^ point spread function-convolved model profiles injected into eight random cluster fields; we then use the results of this analysis to create a robust subsample of 198 BCGs. We outline three cluster properties of interest: overall cluster X-ray luminosity (L_X_), cluster richness as estimated by REDMAPPER ({lambda}),and cluster halo mass (M_200_), which is estimated via velocity dispersion. In general, there are significant correlations with BCG stellar mass between all three environmental properties, but no significant trends arise with either Sersic index or effective radius. There is no major environmental dependence on the strength of the relation between effective radius and BCG stellar mass. Stellar mass therefore arises as the most important factor governing BCG morphology. Our results indicate that our sample consists of a large number of relaxed, mature clusters containing broadly homogeneous BCGs up to z~0.3, suggesting that there is little evidence for much ongoing structural evolution for BCGs in these systems.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/570/A55
- Title:
- Spiderweb galaxy 870um and 1.4GHz images
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/570/A55
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present APEX LABOCA 870{mu}m observations of the field around the high-redshift radio galaxy MRC1138-262 at z=2.16. We detect 16 submillimeter galaxies (SMGs) in this ~140-arcmin^2^ bolometer map with flux densities in the range 3-11mJy. The raw number counts indicate a density of SMGs that is up to four times that of blank field surveys. Based on an exquisite multiwavelength database, including VLA 1.4 GHz radio and infrared observations, we investigate whether these sources are members of the protocluster structure at z=~2.2. Using Herschel PACS and SPIRE and Spitzer MIPS photometry, we derive reliable far-infrared (FIR) photometric redshifts for all sources. Follow-up VLT ISAAC and SINFONI NIR spectra confirm that four of these SMGs have redshifts of z=~2.2. We also present evidence that another SMG in this field, detected earlier at 850{mu}m, has a counterpart that exhibits H{alpha} and CO(1-0) emission at z=2.15. Including the radio galaxy and two SMGs with FIR photometric redshifts at z=2.2, we conclude that at least eight submm sources are part of the protocluster at z=2.16 associated with the radio galaxy MRC1138-262. We measure a star formation rate density SFRD~1500M_{sun}_/yr/Mpc^3^, four magnitudes higher than the global SFRD of blank fields at this redshift. Strikingly, these eight sources are concentrated within a region of 2Mpc (the typical size of clusters in the local universe) and are distributed within the filaments traced by the HAEs at z=~2.2. This concentration of massive, dusty starbursts is not centered on the submillimeter-bright radio galaxy which could support the infalling of these sources into the cluster center. Approximately half (6/11) of the SMGs that are covered by the H{alpha} imaging data are associated with HAEs, demonstrating the potential of tracing SMG counterparts with this population. To summarize, our results demonstrate that submillimeter observations may enable us to study (proto)clusters of massive, dusty starbursts.
14295. SpIES Dual-band Catalog
- ID:
- ivo://irsa.ipac/Spitzer/Catalog/SpIES/SpIES_ch12
- Title:
- SpIES Dual-band Catalog
- Short Name:
- SpIES_ch12
- Date:
- 01 Oct 2018 20:27:19
- Publisher:
- NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive
- Description:
- The Spitzer IRAC Equatorial Survey (SpIES) is a large-area survey of 115 sq. degrees in the Equatorial SDSS Stripe 82 field. SpIES achieves 5 sigma depths of 6.13 microJy (21.93 AB magnitude) and 5.75 microJy (22.0 AB magnitude) at 3.6 and 4.5 microns, respectively. The 3.6 micron catalog contains the 6.1 million sources that are only detected at 3.6 microns, the 4.5 micron catalog contains the 6.4 million sources that are only detected at 4.5 microns, and the Dual-band catalog contains the 5.4 million sources that are detected in both bands.
- ID:
- ivo://irsa.ipac/Spitzer/Catalog/SpIES/SpIES_ch2
- Title:
- SpIES 4.5 micron-only Catalog
- Short Name:
- SpIES_ch2
- Date:
- 01 Oct 2018 20:27:19
- Publisher:
- NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive
- Description:
- The Spitzer IRAC Equatorial Survey (SpIES) is a large-area survey of 115 sq. degrees in the Equatorial SDSS Stripe 82 field. SpIES achieves 5 sigma depths of 6.13 microJy (21.93 AB magnitude) and 5.75 microJy (22.0 AB magnitude) at 3.6 and 4.5 microns, respectively. The 3.6 micron catalog contains the 6.1 million sources that are only detected at 3.6 microns, the 4.5 micron catalog contains the 6.4 million sources that are only detected at 4.5 microns, and the Dual-band catalog contains the 5.4 million sources that are detected in both bands.
- ID:
- ivo://irsa.ipac/Spitzer/Catalog/SpIES/SpIES_ch1
- Title:
- SpIES 3.6 micron-only Catalog
- Short Name:
- SpIES_ch1
- Date:
- 01 Oct 2018 20:27:19
- Publisher:
- NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive
- Description:
- The Spitzer IRAC Equatorial Survey (SpIES) is a large-area survey of 115 sq. degrees in the Equatorial SDSS Stripe 82 field. SpIES achieves 5 sigma depths of 6.13 microJy (21.93 AB magnitude) and 5.75 microJy (22.0 AB magnitude) at 3.6 and 4.5 microns, respectively. The 3.6 micron catalog contains the 6.1 million sources that are only detected at 3.6 microns, the 4.5 micron catalog contains the 6.4 million sources that are only detected at 4.5 microns, and the Dual-band catalog contains the 5.4 million sources that are detected in both bands.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/225/1
- Title:
- SpIES: the Spitzer IRAC Equatorial Survey
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/225/1
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We describe the first data release from the Spitzer-IRAC Equatorial Survey (SpIES); a large-area survey of ~115deg^2^ in the Equatorial SDSS Stripe 82 field using Spitzer during its "warm" mission phase. SpIES was designed to probe sufficient volume to perform measurements of quasar clustering and the luminosity function at z>=3 to test various models for "feedback" from active galactic nuclei (AGNs). Additionally, the wide range of available multi-wavelength, multi-epoch ancillary data enables SpIES to identify both high-redshift (z>=5) quasars as well as obscured quasars missed by optical surveys. SpIES achieves 5{sigma} depths of 6.13uJy (21.93 AB magnitude) and 5.75uJy (22.0 AB magnitude) at 3.6 and 4.5um, respectively --depths significantly fainter than the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE). We show that the SpIES survey recovers a much larger fraction of spectroscopically confirmed quasars (~98%) in Stripe 82 than are recovered by WISE (~55%). This depth is especially powerful at high-redshift (z>=3.5), where SpIES recovers 94% of confirmed quasars, whereas WISE only recovers 25%. Here we define the SpIES survey parameters and describe the image processing, source extraction, and catalog production methods used to analyze the SpIES data. In addition to this survey paper, we release 234 images created by the SpIES team and three detection catalogs: a 3.6um only detection catalog containing ~6.1 million sources, a 4.5um only detection catalog containing ~6.5 million sources, and a dual-band detection catalog containing ~5.4 million sources.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/907/123
- Title:
- Spin Parity of Spiral Galaxies. III.
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/907/123
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- This is a revised catalog of spiral winding direction of SDSS spiral galaxies published by Shamir (2017PASA...34...11S). Whether the spiral pattern as projected on the sky is S-wise or Z-wise (Shamir called them counter clock wise and clockwise, respectively) can be an unambiguous tool to identify whether the galaxy spin vector is pointing toward or away from us as all the spirals are safely regarded as trailing spirals (Iye et al., 2019ApJ...886..113S). We used Shamir's catalog to analyze the dipole anisotropy in their large-scale structure and found that there exist rather massive duplicated entries and a few other minor errors in the original catalog. In this revised version those duplicated entries are cleaned keeping the judgment of the spiral winding direction due to Shamir (2017PASA...34...11S) except for a several obviously inconsistent cases. These corrections were necessary to make analysis of the large scale distribution of spin vectors of galaxies of the SDSS sample in our paper.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/116/1626
- Title:
- Spiral and lenticular galaxy brightness profiles
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/116/1626
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present one of the largest homogeneous sets of spiral and lenticular galaxy brightness profile decompositions completed to date. The 659 galaxies in our sample have been fitted with a de Vaucouleurs law for the bulge component and an inner-truncated exponential for the disk component. Of the 659 galaxies in the sample, 620 were successfully fitted with the chosen fitting functions. The fits are generally well defined, with more than 90% having rms deviations from the observed profile of less than 0.35mag. We find no correlations of fitting quality, as measured by these rms residuals, with either morphological type or inclination. Similarly, the estimated errors of the fitted coefficients show no significant trends with type or inclination. These decompositions form a useful basis for the study of the light distributions of spiral and lenticular galaxies. The object base is sufficiently large that well-defined samples of galaxies can be selected from it.