- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/545/A43
- Title:
- HII regions in NGC 628 and NGC 6946
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/545/A43
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present here two HII region catalogues with azimuthal resolution for the two grand design galaxies NGC 628 and NGC 6946. With the help of these catalogues, we study several properties of the star-forming processes occurring in spiral galaxies. We obtained direct imaging in the narrow-band filters centred at H{alpha}, H{beta}, [OII]{lambda}3727, and [OIII]{lambda}{lambda}4959, 5007 and their respective continua. After the calibration and correction of the data, we obtained for each HII region the de-reddened fluxes in the aforementioned lines, the size, the H{alpha} equivalent width, and, using two different empirical calibrations, the metallicity. Employing a method based on the Delaunay triangulation, a two-dimensional (2D) representation of the metallicity was obtained.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/101/287
- Title:
- H II Regions in Seyfert galaxies. I.
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/101/287
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Data on positions, effective diameters, and absolute fluxes of H II regions on 21 Seyfert spiral galaxies are presented together with the H{alpha} + [N II] images and identification charts. The objects are selected from a larger emission-line survey of a distance-limited sample of southern Seyfert galaxies. Statistical analysis of the data as well as discussion and comparison of the H II region populations in Seyfert and normal galaxies will be presented in forthcoming papers.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/441/981
- Title:
- HII regions in 5 spiral galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/441/981
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have obtained spectroscopic observations from 3600{AA} to 9200{AA} with FORS at the Very Large Telescope for approximately 70 HII regions located in the spiral galaxies NGC 1232, NGC 1365, NGC 2903, NGC 2997 and NGC 5236. These data are part of a project aiming at measuring the chemical abundances and characterizing the massive stellar content of metal-rich extragalactic HII regions. In this paper we describe our dataset, and present emission line fluxes for the whole sample. In 32 HII regions we measure at least one of the following auroral lines: [S II]4072, [N II]5755, [S III]6312 and [O II]7325. From these we derive electron temperatures, as well as oxygen, nitrogen and sulphur abundances, using classical empirical methods (both so-called "Te-based methods" and "strong line methods"). Under the assumption that the temperature gradient does not introduce severe biases, we find that the most metal-rich nebulae with detected auroral lines are found at 12+log(O/H)~8.9, i.e. about 60% larger than the adopted solar value. However, classical abundance determinations in metal-rich HII regions may be severely biased and must be tested with realistic photoionization models. The spectroscopic observations presented in this paper will serve as a homogeneous and high-quality database for such purpose.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/116/2805
- Title:
- H II regions in spiral galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/116/2805
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of low-dispersion optical spectroscopy of 186 HII regions spanning a range of radius in 13 spiral galaxies. Abundances for several elements (oxygen, nitrogen, neon, sulfur, and argon) were determined for 185 of the HII regions. As expected, low metallicities were found for the outlying HII regions of these spiral galaxies. Radial abundance gradients were derived for the 11 primary galaxies; similar to results for other spiral galaxies, the derived abundance gradients are typically -0.04 to -0.07dex/kpc.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/116/2246
- Title:
- HII regions in UGCA 86, 92, 105 and UGC 4115
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/116/2246
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Luminosity functions in H{alpha} have been measured for H II regions in the four dwarf galaxies UGCA 86, UGCA 92, UGCA 105, and UGC 4115 using both the traditional flux measurement method of fixed-threshold photometry (FTP) and the new method, percentage-of-peak photometry (PPP). The UGCA galaxies are members of the IC 342-Maffei 1 group. These two methods give significantly different results in galaxies in which significant numbers of peaks are associated with H II region complexes. The work demonstrates that fluxes from FTP can lead to biased luminosity functions and that PPP should, in general, be preferred. It is also shown that PPP luminosity functions are not very sensitive to atmospheric transparency, whereas those constructed from FTP can be, based on data taken under different atmospheric conditions. Results to date for six galaxies show that spirals and dwarfs have luminosity functions of similar shape, which implies that the distribution of the masses of star formation sites is largely independent of the mass, and by implication, the metallicity, of the host galaxy. As measured by PPP, the mean surface brightness of the lower luminosity H II regions grows as the one-third power of the flux grows, exactly as predicted for an ensemble in which the gas density does not vary systematically with the mass of the star cluster. For the brightest H II regions, however, the relation steepens, which implies that the most massive star clusters are formed out of the densest clouds.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/141/113
- Title:
- HII regions of M51 and NGC 4449
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/141/113
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have used images from the Advanced Camera for Surveys on the Hubble Space Telescope in H{alpha}, and in the neighboring continuum, to produce flux-calibrated images of the large spiral galaxy M51 and the dwarf irregular NGC 4449. From these images, we have derived the absolute luminosities in H{alpha}, the areas, and the positions with respect to the galactic centers as reference points of over 2600 HII regions in M51 and over 270 HII regions in NGC 4449.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/104/92
- Title:
- HII Regions Properties in M101
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/104/92
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Spectrophotometrically calibrated CCD imagery of two overlapping 16 arc min fields in the SAB(rs)cdI galaxy M101 in the emission of H alpha, [O III] lambda 5007, H beta, and [S II] lambda 6723 are used to study various physical properties of the H II region population. Individual H II regions are identified and mapped using an automated algorithm, thus eliminating personal bias in the measurements. Characteristics of the population studied include the H II region luminosity function and radial variations in extinction, [O III]/H beta, O/H, [S II]/H alpha, ionization parameter, and numbers of ionizing photons. In addition, radial and azimuthal variations in the H II surface density are studied in comparison to that of H I and H_2 inferred from radio 21 cm and CO observations. It is demonstrated that the magnitude of trends and ``gradients'' found from such analyses depend on the surface brightness threshold set in defining the H II region boundaries; so results are presented for both low (log S(H alpha) = -15.7 ergs/s/cm^2/arcsec^2; 625 H II regions) and high (-15.0; 248 H II regions) thresholds. Radial gradients in both extinction, C(H beta), and O/H are seen in the H II region population -- with a distinct flattening in the O/H gradient seen in the outer disk beginning at about 10 kpc. The luminosity function of the H II region population found is similar to previous studies, though both the high and low ends are sensitive to the threshold levels set. Other parameters, such as the ionization parameters, luminosities, and size distribution, show no evidence for systematic variations with galactocentric distance. Current star formation processes active in the disk of M101 are analyzed two-dimensionally by comparison of the distribution of ionized and neutral hydrogen. The star formation efficiency shows considerable variation across the disk, suggesting significant spatial variation in the critical density for cloud collapse across the disk of M101 and thus departures from the simple Toomre model.
1538. HI lines in 586 galaxies
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/430/373
- Title:
- HI lines in 586 galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/430/373
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- This paper presents 586 new 21-cm neutral hydrogen line measurements carried out with the FORT receiver of the meridian transit Nancay radiotelescope in the period July 2000 - March 2003. This observational programme is part of a larger project aiming at collecting an exhaustive and magnitude-complete HI extragalactic catalogue for Tully-Fisher applications. It is associated with the building of the MIGALE spectroscopic archive and database. http://klun.obs-nancay.fr, http://http://www.sai.msu.su/migale/
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/416/2401
- Title:
- HI morphology of 28 THINGS galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/416/2401
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Galaxy evolution is driven to a large extent by interactions and mergers with other galaxies and the gas in galaxies is extremely sensitive to the interactions. One method to measure such interactions uses the quantified morphology of galaxy images. Well-established parameters are Concentration, Asymmetry, Smoothness, Gini and M20 of a galaxy image. Thus far, the application of this technique has mostly been restricted to rest-frame ultraviolet and optical images. However, with the new radio observatories being commissioned [South African Karoo Array Telescope (MeerKAT), Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP), Extended Very Large Array (EVLA), Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope/APERture Tile In Focus instrument (WSRT/APERTIF) and ultimately the Square Kilometer Array (SKA)], a new window on the neutral atomic hydrogen gas (HI) morphology of large numbers of galaxies will open up. The quantified morphology of gas discs of spirals can be an alternative indicator of the level and frequency of interaction. The HI in galaxies is typically spatially more extended and more sensitive to low-mass or weak interactions.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/136/2563
- Title:
- HI Nearby Galaxy Survey, THINGS
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/136/2563
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present "The HI Nearby Galaxy Survey (THINGS)," a high spectral (<=5.2km/s) and spatial (~6") resolution survey of HI emission in 34 nearby galaxies obtained using the NRAO Very Large Array (VLA). The overarching scientific goal of THINGS is to investigate fundamental characteristics of the interstellar medium (ISM) related to galaxy morphology, star formation, and mass distribution across the Hubble sequence. Unique characteristics of the THINGS database are the homogeneous sensitivity as well as spatial and velocity resolution of the HI data, which is at the limit of what can be achieved with the VLA for a significant number of galaxies. A sample of 34 objects at distances 2<~D>~15Mpc (resulting in linear resolutions of ~100 to 500pc) are targeted in THINGS, covering a wide range of star formation rates (~10^-3^ to 6M_{sun}_/yr), total HI masses MHI (0.01 to 14x10^9^M_{sun}_), absolute luminosities MB (-11.5 to -21.7mag), and metallicities (7.5 to 9.2 in units of 12+log[O/H]). We describe the setup of the VLA observations, the data reduction procedures, and the creation of the final THINGS data products. We present an atlas of the integrated HI maps, the velocity fields, the second moment (velocity dispersion) maps and individual channel maps of each THINGS galaxy. The THINGS data products are made publicly available through a dedicated webpage (http://www.mpia.de/THINGS). Accompanying THINGS papers (in this issue of the Astronomical Journal) address issues such as the small-scale structure of the ISM, the (dark) matter distribution in THINGS galaxies, and the processes leading to star formation.