- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/II/239
- Title:
- A search for faint blue stars.
- Short Name:
- II/239
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Continuing the survey for faint blue stars at high galactic latitudes of Haro and Luyten (1962, Cat. <III/74>, this search was made, following the Tonantzintla three image method, with the 48" Schmidt telescope of Mt. Palomar. In the first paper, a catalogue of 4431 stars and 84 compact objects found in nine PSS fields scattered around the NGP is presented, with the 1950 positions and the estimated magnitudes and colour classes. The catalogue contains also extensive identifications with previous surveys, including some known QSSs; 16 QSS candidates are proposed; spectra are available for most of the unknown stars brighter than 14mag. In the second paper, a catalogue of 2011 stars and compact objects is presented with the 1950 positions and the estimated magnitude and colour classes. Complementary to the catalogue of Haro and Luyten (1962BITon...3...37H) at declination +6{deg} and 0{deg} it contains also extensive identifications with previous surveys and known QSO's; candidate QSO's are indicated; spectra are available for some new blue stars. The third and last part of the survey of faint blue objects contains a catalogue of 2484 starlike or compact objects is presented with the 1950 positions, estimated magnitudes, color classes and extensive identifications with stars of previous surveys and known QSO's. The three parts were merged into a single file "catalog.dat".
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/105/85
- Title:
- A search for faint blue stars
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/105/85
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Four-color photography has been used in a search for faint blue stars with the 18-inch Schmidt telescope at Palomar, undertaken in the hope of finding new white dwarfs. The results are given for stars brighter than magnitude 15.0pg in 2 regions: the Hyades cluster and the North Galactic Pole. Spectroscopic observations were made with the 100-inch reflector. In the "hz.dat" file, corresponding to the table 4 of the paper, the stars were identified and accurate positions added by B. Skiff (Lowell Observatory) in January 2005, using the finding charts published in the "First Conference on Faint Blue Stars" held in Strasbourg in Aug. 1964, p.121 (Univ. Minnesota, 1965)
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/158/243
- Title:
- A search for multiplanet systems with TESS
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/158/243
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Transiting exoplanets in multiplanet systems exhibit non-Keplerian orbits as a result of the gravitational influence from companions, which can cause the times and durations of transits to vary. The amplitude and periodicity of the transit time variations are characteristic of the perturbing planet's mass and orbit. The objects of interest from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) are analyzed in a uniform way to search for transit timing variations (TTVs) with sectors 1-3 of data. Due to the volume of targets in the TESS candidate list, artificial intelligence is used to expedite the search for planets by vetting nontransit signals prior to characterizing the light-curve time series. The residuals of fitting a linear orbit ephemeris are used to search for TTVs. The significance of a perturbing planet is assessed by comparing the Bayesian evidence between a linear and nonlinear ephemeris, which is based on an N-body simulation. Nested sampling is used to derive posterior distributions for the N-body ephemeris and in order to expedite convergence, custom priors are designed using machine learning. A dual-input, multi-output convolutional neural network is designed to predict the parameters of a perturbing body given the known parameters and measured perturbation (O-C). There is evidence for three new multiplanet candidates (WASP-18, WASP-126, TOI 193) with nontransiting companions using the two-minute cadence observations from TESS. This approach can be used to identify stars in need of longer radial velocity and photometric follow-up than those already performed.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/745/24
- Title:
- A search for new companions with CHARA
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/745/24
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of a comprehensive search for new companions to nearby solar-type stars using the separated fringe packet (SFP) technique at the Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy (CHARA) Array. Our search included 636 observations of 186 stars, searching for companions with separations of approximately 8-80 mas and moderate brightness ratios ({Delta}K<~1.5). This survey was undertaken to support a comprehensive assessment of companions to solar-type stars within 25 pc. We detected separated fringe companions to two stars (HD 3196 and 79096) and found faint companion signatures to two more stars (HD 98231 and 137763). All of these companions are previously known by spectroscopic methods, and three of them have speckle interferometric observations as well. The faint companion seen to HD 98231 represents the first visual detection of this spectroscopic companion. Our null detection for new companions implies that the presumed gap between spectroscopic and visual techniques has largely been filled for nearby solar-type stars, thanks to systematic radial-velocity observations over multiple decades and a thorough coverage using visual techniques, especially speckle interferometric observations. We also generate simulated fringe packets to derive detection limits for SFP binaries using the CHARA Array.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/473/177
- Title:
- A search for pre-biotic molecules
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/473/177
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Low-noise, 0.8MHz resolution spectra around 90GHz towards four hot core sources: Orion KL, W51 e1/e2, S140, and W3(OH), are presented. The observations were performed using the 3mm SIS receiver at the Onsala 20m telescope. The observations were made in the beam-switching mode, the spectrum intensity is given in T_A_^*^ and high-order polynomial baselines have been subtracted. At 90GHz the Onsala 20m telescope has a beam FWHM of ~42arcsec and a main-beam efficiency of ~0.6. Due to changes in frequency setting during the observing period the frequency ranges are not identical for each source, but in all cases the ranges include the transitions used to determine the upper column densities of amino acetonitrile (H_2_NCH_2_CN), vinyl acetylene (C_2_H_3_CCH), oxiranecarbonitrile (c-C_3_H_3_NO), and amino-ethanol (NH_2_CH_2_CH_2_OH), presented in the paper. Note that the absorptions, seen in the S140 and the W3(OH) spectra around the strong HCN-line at 90.663GHz, are artificial.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/777/132
- Title:
- A search for progenitors of short GRBs
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/777/132
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We searched for periodic and quasi-periodic signals in the prompt emission of a sample of 44 bright short gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) detected with Fermi/GBM, Swift/BAT, and CGRO/BATSE. The aim was to look for the observational signature of quasi-periodic jet precession, which is expected from black hole (BH)-neutron star (NS) mergers, but not from double NS systems. Thus, this kind of search holds the key to identifying the progenitor systems of short GRBs and, in the interim before gravitational wave detectors become on-lines, represents the only direct way to constrain the progenitors. We tailored our search to the nature of the expected signal by properly stretching the observed light curves by an increasing factor with time, after calibrating the technique with synthetic curves. None of our GRBs showed evidence for periodic or quasi-periodic signals. In particular, for the seven unambiguously short GRBs with the best signal-to-noise ratios, we obtained significant upper limits to the amplitude of the possible oscillations. This result suggests that BH-NS systems do not dominate the population of short GRB progenitors, as described by the kinematic model of Stone et al. (2013PhRvD..87h4053S).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/747/L19
- Title:
- A search for SNR 0519-69.0 progenitors
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/747/L19
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of a search for an ex-companion star in SNR 0519-69.0, located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, based on images taken with the Hubble Space Telescope with a limiting magnitude of V=26.05. SNR 0519-69.0 is confidently known to be from a Type Ia supernova based on its light echoes and X-ray spectra. The geometric center of the remnant (based on the H{alpha} and X-ray shell) is at 05:19:34.83, -69:02:06.92 (J2000). Accounting for the measurement uncertainties, the orbital velocity, and the kick velocity, any ex-companion star must be within 4.7" of this position at the 99.73% confidence level. This circle contains 27 main-sequence stars brighter than V=22.7, any one of which could be the ex-companion star left over from a supersoft source progenitor system. The circle contains no post-main-sequence stars, and this rules out the possibility of all other published single-degenerate progenitor classes (including symbiotic stars, recurrent novae, helium donors, and the spin-up/spin-down models) for this particular supernova. The only remaining possibility is that SNR 0519-69.0 was formed from either a supersoft source or a double-degenerate progenitor system.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/806/95
- Title:
- A search for ultra-compact HVC counterparts
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/806/95
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report five Local Volume dwarf galaxies (two of which are presented here for the first time) uncovered during a comprehensive archival search for optical counterparts to ultra-compact high-velocity clouds (UCHVCs). The UCHVC population of HI clouds are thought to be candidate gas-rich, low-mass halos at the edge of the Local Group and beyond, but no comprehensive search for stellar counterparts to these systems has been presented. Careful visual inspection of all publicly available optical and ultraviolet imaging at the position of the UCHVCs revealed six blue, diffuse counterparts with a morphology consistent with a faint dwarf galaxy beyond the Local Group. Optical spectroscopy of all six candidate dwarf counterparts show that five have an H{alpha}-derived velocity consistent with the coincident HI cloud, confirming their association; the sixth diffuse counterpart is likely a background object. The size and luminosity of the UCHVC dwarfs is consistent with other known Local Volume dwarf irregular galaxies. The gas fraction (M_HI_/M_star_) of the five dwarfs are generally consistent with that of dwarf irregular galaxies in the Local Volume, although ALFALFA-Dw1 (associated with ALFALFA UCHVC HVC274.68+74.70-123) has a very high M_HI_/M_star_~40. Despite the heterogeneous nature of our search, we demonstrate that the current dwarf companions to UCHVCs are at the edge of detectability due to their low surface brightness, and that deeper searches are likely to find more stellar systems. If more sensitive searches do not reveal further stellar counterparts to UCHVCs, then the dearth of such systems around the Local Group may be in conflict with {Lambda}CDM simulations.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/244/12
- Title:
- A search for variable stars in M4 with K2 LCs
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/244/12
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We extract light curves for 4554 objects with 9<G<19 in the K2 superstamp observations of the globular cluster M4, including 3784 cluster members, and search for variability. Among cluster-member objects, we detect 66 variables, of which 52 are new discoveries. Among objects not belonging to the cluster, we detect 24 variables, of which 20 are new discoveries. We additionally discover 57 cluster-member suspected variables, 10 cluster-non-member suspected variables, and four variables with ambiguous cluster membership. Our light curves reach sub-millimagnitude precision for the cluster horizontal branch, permitting us to detect asteroseismic activity in six horizontal branch stars outside the instability strip and one inside the strip but with only ~1mmag amplitude variability. Nineteen additional stars along the red giant branch also have detected asteroseismic variability. Several eclipsing binaries are found in the cluster, including a 4.6 day detached eclipsing binary and an EW-class eclipsing binary, as well as an EW with uncertain cluster membership and three other candidate EWs. A 22 day detached eclipsing binary is also found outside the cluster. We identify a candidate X-ray binary that is a cluster member with quiescent and periodic ~20mmag optical variability. We also obtain high-precision light curves for 10 of the previously known RR Lyrae variables in the cluster and identify one as a candidate Blazhko variable with a Blazhko period in excess of 78d.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/802/59
- Title:
- A search for YSO candidates in IRDC G53.2
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/802/59
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present star formation activity in the infrared dark cloud (IRDC) G53.2, a remarkable IRDC located at Galactic coordinates (l,b)~(53.2{deg},0.0{deg}) based on the census of young stellar object (YSO) candidates. IRDC G53.2 was previously identified as several IRDCs in mid-IR images, but it is in fact a long (>~45pc) cloud, well consistent with a CO cloud at v~23km/s (or at d~1.7kpc). We present a point-source catalog of IRDC G53.2 that contains ~370 sources from our photometry of the Spitzer MIPS 24{mu}m data and Galactic Legacy Infrared Mid-Plane Survey Extraordinaire (GLIMPSE) Catalog. The classification of the identified sources based on their spectral index and control field analysis to remove field star contamination reveals that IRDC G53.2 is an active star-forming region with ~300 YSO candidates. We compare the YSO classification based on spectral index, mid-IR colors, and the wavelength range used, which results in consistent classification, except for flat-spectrum objects, with some ambiguity between Class I and II. Comparison of the YSO population in IRDC G53.2 with those of other nearby star-forming clusters indicates that they are similar in age; on the other hand, stronger association with mid-IR stellar sources in IRDC G53.2 compared with other IRDCs indicates that IRDC G53.2 is at a later evolutionary stage among IRDCs. Spatial distribution of the YSO candidates in IRDC G53.2 shows a good correlation with ^13^CO column density and far-IR emission, and earlier-class objects tend to be more clustered in the regions with higher density.
