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16421. Unresolved H{alpha} enhancements in WHAM survey
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/129/927
Title:
Unresolved H{alpha} enhancements in WHAM survey
Short Name:
J/AJ/129/927
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We have identified 85 regions of enhanced H{alpha} emission at |b|>10{deg} subtending approximately 1{deg} or less on the Wisconsin H{alpha} Mapper (WHAM) sky survey (Cat. II/249). These high-latitude "WHAM point sources" have H{alpha} fluxes of 10^-11^-10^-9^ergs/cm^2^/s, radial velocities within about 70km/s of the LSR, and line widths that range from less than 20 to about 80km/s (FWHM). Twenty-nine of these enhancements are not identified with either cataloged nebulae or hot stars and appear to have kinematic properties that differ from those observed for planetary nebulae. Another 14 enhancements are near hot evolved low-mass stars that had no previously reported detections of associated nebulosity. The remainder of the enhancements are cataloged planetary nebulae and small, high-latitude HII regions surrounding massive O and early B stars.
16422. UNSW catalog of Variable Stars
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/385/1749
Title:
UNSW catalog of Variable Stars
Short Name:
J/MNRAS/385/1749
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present a new catalogue of variable stars compiled from the data taken for the University of New South Wales Extrasolar Planet Search. From 2004 October to 2007 May, 25 target fields were each observed for one to four months, resulting in ~87000 high-precision light curves with 16004400 data points. We have extracted a total of 850 variable light curves, 659 of which do not have a counterpart in the General Catalogue of Variable Stars, the New Suspected Variables catalogue or the All Sky Automated Survey southern variable star catalogue. The catalogue is detailed here, and includes 142 Algol-type eclipsing binaries, 23 beta Lyrae-type eclipsing binaries, 218 contact eclipsing binaries, 53 RR Lyrae stars, 26 Cepheid stars, 13 rotationally variable active stars, 153 uncategorized pulsating stars with periods <10d, including delta Scuti stars, and 222 long period variables with variability on time-scales of >10d.
16423. Untangling the Galaxy. II. Structure within 3kpc
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/160/279
Title:
Untangling the Galaxy. II. Structure within 3kpc
Short Name:
J/AJ/160/279
Date:
09 Mar 2022 22:00:00
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present the results of the hierarchical clustering analysis of the Gaia DR2 data to search for clusters, comoving groups, and other stellar structures. The current paper builds on the sample from the previous work, extending it in distance from 1 to 3kpc and increasing the number of identified structures up to 8292. To aid in the analysis of the population properties, we developed a neural network called Auriga to robustly estimate the age, extinction, and distance of a stellar group based on the input photometry and parallaxes of the individual members. We apply Auriga to derive the properties of not only the structures found in this paper, but also previously identified open clusters. Through this work, we examine the temporal structure of the spiral arms. Specifically, we find that the Sagittarius Arm has moved by >500pc in the last 100Myr and the Perseus Arm has been experiencing a relative lull in star formation activity over the last 25Myr. We confirm the findings of the previous paper on the transient nature of the spiral arms, with the timescale of transition of a few 100Myr. Finally, we find a peculiar ~1Gyr old stream of stars that appears to be heliocentric. Its origin is unclear.
16424. 14 unusual IR transients with Spitzer (SPRITEs)
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/839/88
Title:
14 unusual IR transients with Spitzer (SPRITEs)
Short Name:
J/ApJ/839/88
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present an ongoing, five-year systematic search for extragalactic infrared transients, dubbed SPIRITS-SPitzer InfraRed Intensive Transients Survey. In the first year, using Spitzer/IRAC, we searched 190 nearby galaxies with cadence baselines of one month and six months. We discovered over 1958 variables and 43 transients. Here, we describe the survey design and highlight 14 unusual infrared transients with no optical counterparts to deep limits, which we refer to as SPRITEs (eSPecially Red Intermediate-luminosity Transient Events). SPRITEs are in the infrared luminosity gap between novae and supernovae, with [4.5] absolute magnitudes between -11 and -14 (Vega-mag) and [3.6]-[4.5] colors between 0.3mag and 1.6mag. The photometric evolution of SPRITEs is diverse, ranging from <0.1mag/yr to >7mag/yr. SPRITEs occur in star-forming galaxies. We present an in-depth study of one of them, SPIRITS 14ajc in Messier 83, which shows shock-excited molecular hydrogen emission. This shock may have been triggered by the dynamic decay of a non-hierarchical system of massive stars that led to either the formation of a binary or a protostellar merger.
16425. unWISE Catalog
ID:
ivo://irsa.ipac/WISE/Catalog/unWISE
Title:
unWISE Catalog
Short Name:
unWISECat
Date:
02 Dec 2020 19:45:36
Publisher:
NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive
Description:
The unWISE Catalog contains the positions and fluxes of roughly two billion objects observed by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) over the full sky. The unWISE Catalog has two advantages over the existing WISE catalog (AllWISE): first, it is based on significantly deeper imaging, and second, it features improved modeling of crowded regions. The deeper imaging used in the unWISE Catalog comes from the coaddition of all publicly available 3-5 micron WISE imaging, including that from the ongoing NEOWISE-Reactivation mission, thereby increasing the total exposure time by a factor of 5 relative to AllWISE. At these depths, even at high Galactic latitudes many sources are blended with their neighbors; accordingly, the unWISE analysis simultaneously fits thousands of sources to obtain accurate photometry. The unWISE catalog detects sources at 5 sigma roughly 0.7 magnitudes fainter than the AllWISE catalog and more accurately models millions of faint sources in the Galactic plane, enabling a wealth of Galactic and extragalactic science. In particular, relative to AllWISE, unWISE doubles the number of galaxies detected between redshifts 0 and 1 and triples the number between redshifts 1 and 2, cataloging more than half a billion galaxies over the whole sky.
16426. Updated AGILE Catalog of Bright Gamma-Ray Sources and Variability
ID:
ivo://nasa.heasarc/agileupvar
Title:
Updated AGILE Catalog of Bright Gamma-Ray Sources and Variability
Short Name:
AGILEUPVAR
Date:
08 Nov 2024
Publisher:
NASA/GSFC HEASARC
Description:
This table contains some of the results from a variability study of a sample of bright gamma-ray (30 MeV - 50 GeV) sources. This sample is an extension of the first AGILE catalog of gamma-ray sources (1AGL), obtained using the complete set of AGILE observations in pointing mode performed during a 2.3 year period from July 9, 2007 until October 30, 2009. The dataset of AGILE pointed observations covers a long time interval and its gamma-ray data archive is useful for monitoring studies of medium-to-high brightness gamma-ray sources. In the analysis reported here, the authors used data obtained with an improved event filter that covers a wider field of view, on a much larger (about 27.5 months) dataset, integrating data on observation block (OB) time scales, which mostly range from a few days to thirty days. The data processing resulted in a better characterized source list than 1AGL was, and includes 54 sources, 7 of which are new high galactic latitude (|b_II_|&gt;= 5 degrees) sources, 8 are new sources on the galactic plane, and 20 sources are from the previous catalogue with revised positions. Eight 1AGL sources (2 high-latitude and 6 on the galactic plane) were not detected in the final processing either because of low OB exposure and/or due to their position in complex galactic regions. The reference paper reports the results in a catalog of all the detections obtained in each single OB, including the variability results for each of these sources. In particular, the authors found that 12 sources out of 42 or 11 out of 53 are variable, depending on the variability index used, where 42 and 53 are the number of sources for which these indices could be calculated. Seven of the 11 variable sources are blazars, the others are the Crab pulsar+nebula, LS I +61 303, Cyg X-3, and 1AGLR J2021+4030. This HEASARC table contains 54 AGILE-detected sources and the main parameters of their maximum significance (defined by sqrt(TS)) detections: for each source, the name, coordinates, the sqrt(TS) value as a measure of the detection significance, the E &gt; 100 MeV flux, the four variability indices described in Section 5 of the reference paper, the number of detections, the confirmed counterparts and source class, if any, and other possible associations ordered according to the angular distance from the AGL source are given. These data are listed in Table 5a of the reference paper. This HEASARC table does not contain the list of fluxes for these sources as measured in all of the relevant individual OBs (Table 5b in the reference paper). This latter is obtainable from the CDS: &lt;a href="http://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/ftp/cats/J_A+A/558/A137/table5b.dat"&gt;http://cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr/ftp/cats/J_A+A/558/A137/table5b.dat&lt;/a&gt;. This table was created by the HEASARC in December 2013 based on &lt;a href="https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/ftp/cats/J/A+A/558/A137"&gt;CDS catalog J/A+A/558/A137&lt;/a&gt; file table5a.dat. This is a service provided by NASA HEASARC .
16427. Updated calibration of the CSP-I SNe Ia sample
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/869/56
Title:
Updated calibration of the CSP-I SNe Ia sample
Short Name:
J/ApJ/869/56
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present an analysis of the final data release of the Carnegie Supernova Project I (CSP-I; Krisciunas+ 2017, J/AJ/154/211), focusing on the absolute calibration of the luminosity-decline rate relation for Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) using new intrinsic color relations with respect to the color-stretch parameter, s_BV_, enabling improved dust extinction corrections. We investigate to what degree the so-called fast-declining SNe Ia can be used to determine accurate extragalactic distances. We estimate the intrinsic scatter in the luminosity-decline rate relation and find it ranges from +/-0.13mag to +/-0.18mag with no obvious dependence on wavelength. Using the Cepheid variable star data from the SH0ES project (Riess+ 2016, J/ApJ/826/56), the SN Ia distance scale is calibrated and the Hubble constant is estimated using our optical and near-infrared sample, and these results are compared to those determined exclusively from a near-infrared subsample. The systematic effect of the supernova's host galaxy mass is investigated as a function of wavelength and is found to decrease toward redder wavelengths, suggesting this effect may be due to dust properties of the host. Using estimates of the dust extinction derived from optical and near-infrared wavelengths and applying these to the H band, we derive a Hubble constant H0=73.2+/-2.3km/s/Mpc, whereas using a simple B-V color correction applied to the B band yields H0=72.7+/-2.1km/s/Mpc. Photometry of two calibrating SNe Ia from the CSP-II sample, SN 2012ht and SN 2015F, is presented and used to improve the calibration of the SN Ia distance ladder.
16428. Updated catalog of GALEX nearby galaxies
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/220/6
Title:
Updated catalog of GALEX nearby galaxies
Short Name:
J/ApJS/220/6
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
The ultraviolet (UV) catalog of nearby galaxies compiled by Gil de Paz et al. (2007, J/ApJS/173/185) presents the integrated photometry and surface brightness profiles for 1034 nearby galaxies observed by GALEX. We provide an updated catalog of 4138 nearby galaxies based on the latest General Release (GR6/GR7) of GALEX. These galaxies are selected from HyperLeda with apparent diameters larger than 1'. From the surface brightness profiles accurately measured using the deep NUV and FUV images, we have calculated the asymptotic magnitudes, aperture (D25) magnitudes, colors, structural parameters (effective radii and concentration indices), luminosities, and effective surface brightness for these galaxies. Archival optical and infrared photometry from HyperLeda, 2MASS, and IRAS are also integrated into the catalog. Our parameter measurements and some analyses are consistent with those of Paz et al. The (FUV-K) color provides a good criterion to distinguish between early- and late-type galaxies, which can be improved further using the concentration indices. The IRX-{beta} relation is reformulated with our UV-selected nearby galaxies.
16429. Updated catalog of variable stars in globular clusters
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/V/150
Title:
Updated catalog of variable stars in globular clusters
Short Name:
V/150
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
This Catalogue is an update to Helen Sawyer Hogg's Third Catalogue on Variable Stars in Globular Clusters (1973, David Dunlap Observatory Publications, Volume 3, Number 6: 1973PDDO....3....6S; see Cat V/97; see also Clement+, 2001AJ....122.2587C). This catalogue is based on the individual cluster files downloaded on http://www.astro.utoronto.ca/~cclement/cat/listngc.html on the 01-Feb-2017. Later updates are indicated in clusters.dat; column "Update".
16430. Updated cat. of Algol-type binaries from CSSs
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/238/4
Title:
Updated cat. of Algol-type binaries from CSSs
Short Name:
J/ApJS/238/4
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present an updated catalog of 4680 northern eclipsing binaries (EBs) with Algol-type light-curve (LC) morphology (i.e., with well-defined beginnings and ends of primary and secondary eclipses), using data from the Catalina Sky Surveys. Our work includes revised period determinations, phenomenological parameters of the LCs, and system morphology classifications based on machine-learning techniques. While most of the new periods are in excellent agreement with those provided in the original Catalina catalogs, improved values are now available for ~10% of the stars. A total of 3456 EBs were classified as detached and 449 were classified as semi-detached, while 145 could not be classified unambiguously into either subtype. The majority of the SD systems seem to be comprised of short-period Algols. By applying color criteria, we searched for K- and M-type dwarfs in these data, and present a subsample of 609 EB candidates for further investigation. We report 119 EBs (2.5% of the total sample) that show maximum quadrature light variations over long timescales, with periods bracketing the range 4.5-18 years and a fractional luminosity variance range of 0.04-0.13. We discuss possible causes for this, making use of models of variable starspot activity in our interpretation of the results.

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