- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/498/2138
- Title:
- Nearby massive early-type galaxies from MATLAS
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/498/2138
- Date:
- 12 Jan 2022 05:42:10
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The morphology of galaxies gives essential constraints on the models of galaxy evolution. The morphology of the features in the low-surface-brightness (LSB) regions of galaxies has not been fully explored yet because of observational difficulties. Here we present the results of our visual inspections of very deep images of a large volume-limited sample of 177 nearby massive early-type galaxies from the MATLAS survey. The images reach a surface-brightness limit of 28.5-29mag/arcsec^2^ in the g' band. Using a dedicated navigation tool and questionnaire, we looked for structures at the outskirts of the galaxies such as tidal shells, streams, tails, disturbed outer isophotes, or peripheral star-forming discs, and simultaneously noted the presence of contaminating sources, such as Galactic cirrus. We also inspected internal substructures such as bars and dust lanes. We discuss the reliability of this visual classification investigating the variety of answers made by the participants. We present the incidence of these structures and the trends of the incidence with the mass of the host galaxy and the density of its environment. We find an incidence of shells, stream, and tails of approximately 15%, about the same for each category. For galaxies with masses over 10^11^M_{sun}_, the incidence of shells and streams increases about 1.7 times. We also note a strong unexpected anticorrelation of the incidence of Galactic cirrus with the environment density of the target galaxy. Correlations with other properties of the galaxies, and comparisons to model predictions, will be presented in future papers.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/543/178
- Title:
- Nearby Optical Galaxy (NOG) sample
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/543/178
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In this paper we describe the Nearby Optical Galaxy (NOG) sample, which is a complete, distance-limited (cz<=6000km/s) and magnitude-limited (B<=14) sample of ~7000 optical galaxies. The sample covers 2/3 (8.27sr) of the sky (|b|>20{deg}) and appears to have a good completeness in redshift (97%). We select the sample on the basis of homogenized corrected total blue magnitudes in order to minimize systematic effects in galaxy sampling. We identify the groups in this sample by means of both the hierarchical and the percolation "friends-of-friends" methods. The resulting catalogs of loose groups appear to be similar and are among the largest catalogs of groups currently available. Most of the NOG galaxies (~60%) are found to be members of galaxy pairs (~580 pairs for a total of ~15% of objects) or groups with at least three members (~500 groups for a total of ~45% of objects). About 40% of galaxies are left ungrouped (field galaxies). We illustrate the main features of the NOG galaxy distribution. Compared to previous optical and IRAS galaxy samples, the NOG provides a denser sampling of the galaxy distribution in the nearby universe. Given its large sky coverage, the identification of groups, and its high-density sampling, the NOG is suited to the analysis of the galaxy density field of the nearby universe, especially on small scales.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/118/2014
- Title:
- Nearby poor clusters of galaxies catalog
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/118/2014
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- A catalog of 732 optically selected, nearby poor clusters of galaxies covering the entire sky north of -3{deg} declination is presented. The poor clusters, called WBL clusters, were identified as concentrations of three or more galaxies with photographic magnitudes brighter than 15.7, possessing a galaxy surface overdensity of 10^4/3^. These criteria are consistent with those used in the identification of the original Yerkes poor clusters, and this new catalog substantially increases the sample size of such objects. These poor clusters cover the entire range of galaxy associations up to and including Abell clusters, systematically including poor and rich galaxy systems spanning over 3 orders of magnitude in the cluster mass function. As a result, this new catalog contains a greater diversity of richness and structures than other group catalogs, such as the Hickson and Yerkes catalogs. The information on individual galaxies includes redshifts and cross-references to other galaxy catalogs. The entries for the clusters include redshift (where available) and cross-references to other group and cluster catalogs.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/581/A33
- Title:
- Nearby radio galaxies FUV to MIR properties
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/581/A33
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We investigate whether the far-UV continuum of nearby radio galaxies is due solely to the parent galaxy that passively evolves, or if it reveals evidence for the presence of other star-forming or non-stellar components. If the UV excess is due to an additional radiation component, we compare this with other properties such as radio power, optical spectral type (e.g. high- and low-excitation galaxies), and the strength of the emission lines. We also discuss the possible correlation between the ultraviolet flux, IR properties, and the central black hole mass. We used a sample of low-luminosity B2 radio galaxies and a small sample of higher luminosity 3C radio galaxies at comparable redshift (z<0.2). Spectral energy distributions (SEDs) were constructed using a number of on-line databases that are freely available now: GALEX, SDSS, 2MASS, and WISE. These were compared with model SEDs of early-type galaxies with passively evolving stellar populations at various ages (typically 0.5-1.3x10^9^ years). We established whether a second component was needed to obtain a satisfactory fit with the observed overall SED. We introduce the parameter XUV, which measures the excess slope of the UV continuum between 4500 and 2000{AA} with respect to the UV radiation produced by the underlying old galaxy component. We find that the UV excess as measured by XUV is usually small or absent in low-luminosity (FR I) sources, but sets in abruptly at the transition radio power, above which we find mostly FRII sources. XUV behaves very similarly to the strength of the optical emission lines (in particular H{alpha}). Below P_1.4GHz_<10^24^W/Hz XUV is close to zero. XUV correlates strongly with the H{alpha} line strength, but only in sources with strong H{alpha} emission. We discuss whether the line emission might be due to photoionization by radiation from the parent galaxy, possibly with additional star formation, or if it requires the presence of a non-stellar active galactic nucleus component. XUV and the slope of the mid-IR are strongly correlated, as measured by the WISE bands in the interval 3.4 to 22{mu}m, in the sense that sources with a strong UV excess also have stronger IR emission. There is an inverse correlation between XUV and central black hole mass: the M_BH_ of objects with strong UV excess is on average two to three times less massive than that of objects without UV excess. Low-luminosity radio galaxies tend to be more massive and contain more massive black holes.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/458/4512
- Title:
- Nearby Seyfert galaxies FIR emissions
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/458/4512
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present far-infrared (FIR) 70-500{mu}m imaging observations obtained with Herschel/Photodetector Array Camera (PACS) and Spectral and Photometric Imaging REceiver (SPIRE) of 33 nearby (median distance of 30Mpc) Seyfert galaxies from the Revised Shapley-Ames (RSA) catalogue. We obtain the FIR nuclear (r=1kpc and r=2kpc) and integrated spectral energy distributions (SEDs). We estimate the unresolved nuclear emission at 70{mu}m and we fit the nuclear and integrated FIR SEDs with a grey body model. We find that the integrated FIR emission of the RSA Seyferts in our sample is dominated by emission from the host galaxy, with dust properties similar to those of normal galaxies (non-AGN). We use four criteria to select galaxies whose nuclear 70{mu}m emission has a significant AGN contribution: (1) elevated 70/160{mu}m flux ratios, (2) spatially resolved, high dust temperature gradient, (3) 70{mu}m excess emission with respect to the fit of the FIR SEDs with a grey body, and (4) excess of nuclear SFR obtained from 70{mu}m over SFR from mid-infrared indicators. 16 galaxies (48 per cent of the initial sample) satisfy at least one of these conditions, whereas 10 satisfy half or more. After careful examination of these, we select six bona fide candidates (18 per cent of the initial sample) and estimate that ~40-70 per cent of their nuclear (r=1-2kpc) 70{mu}m emission is contributed by dust heated by the AGN.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/156/112
- Title:
- Near-infrared Mira period-luminosity relations in M33
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/156/112
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We analyze sparsely sampled near-infrared (JHK_s_) light curves of a sample of 1781 Mira variable candidates in M33, originally discovered using I-band time-series observations. We extend our single-band semi-parametric Gaussian process modeling of Mira light curves to a multiband version and obtain improved period determinations. We use our previous results on near-infrared properties of candidate Miras in the LMC to classify the majority of the M33 sample into oxygen- or carbon-rich subsets. We derive period-luminosity relations for O-rich Miras and determine a distance modulus for M33 of 24.80+/-0.06 mag.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/466/481
- Title:
- Near-infrared survey around PKS 1343-601
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/466/481
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The highly obscured radio-bright galaxy PKS 1343-601 at Galactic coordinates of (l,b)=(309.7,+1.8) has been suspected to mark the centre of a hitherto unknown cluster in the wider Great Attractor region. As such it presents an ideal region for a search of galaxies in the near-infrared (NIR) and an in-depth study of their colours as a function of extinction. A visual search of a ~30 square-degree area centred on this radio galaxy on images of the NIR DENIS survey (IJK) revealed 83 galaxies (including two AGNs) and 39 possible candidates. Of these, 49 are also listed in the 2MASS Extended Source Catalog 2MASX. Taking the IRAS/DIRBE extinction values (Schlegel et al., 1998ApJ...500..525S) at face value, the absorption in the optical (AB) ranges from ~2mag to over 100mag across the Galactic Plane. Comparing the detections with other systematic surveys, we conclude that this search is highly complete up to the detection limits of the DENIS survey and certainly surpasses any automatic galaxy finding algorithm applied to crowded areas.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/354/980
- Title:
- Near-infrared survey around PKS 1343-601
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/354/980
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of a deep near-infrared survey of a 36x36arcmin^2^ region centred on the giant elliptical radio galaxy PKS 1343-601, suggested to be the core of an unknown rich cluster located at the low Galactic latitude of b=1.73{deg} in the Great Attractor (GA) region. 19 obvious galaxies and 38 galaxy candidates have been detected; only three of them were previously identified as a galaxy.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/124/127
- Title:
- Near IR Imaging of Early-Type Galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/124/127
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- An imaging survey of 341 nearby early-type galaxies in the near-infrared K-band atmospheric window (2.2{micron}) is described. The galaxies primarily reside in 13 nearby rich clusters (85%), while some additional galaxies are drawn from loose groups (12%) and the general field (3%). Surface photometry was measured for the entire sample. Detailed corrections were derived from an extensive grid of seeing-convolved r^1/4^ models and then applied to the isophotal surface brightness, aperture magnitude, and ellipticity profiles. Global photometric parameters were derived from this seeing-corrected photometry. More than 25% of the sample has been observed at least twice, and these repeat measurements demonstrate the small internal uncertainties on the derived global photometric parameters. Extensive comparisons with aperture photometry from the literature demonstrate that the photometric system is fully consistent with other photometric systems to <=0.01mag and confirm the estimates of internal random uncertainties. Additional global parameters are drawn from the literature in a homogeneous manner in order to construct a large catalog of galaxy properties: 95% of the galaxies have a velocity dispersion, 69% have a Mg_2_ index, 80% have an optical r_eff_ and {mu}_eff_, 82% have a D_n_, and 81% have a derived optical - infrared color measurement. This large data set provides excellent source material for investigations of the physical origins of the global scaling relations of early-type galaxies, velocity fields in the local universe, and comparisons to higher redshift early-type galaxies.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/750/93
- Title:
- Near-IR observations of XMM-LSS J02182-05102
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/750/93
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We discuss the structural and morphological properties of galaxies in a z=1.62 proto-cluster using near-IR imaging data from Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field Camera 3 data of the Cosmic Assembly Near-IR Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey (CANDELS). The cluster galaxies exhibit a clear color-morphology relation: galaxies with colors of quiescent stellar populations generally have morphologies consistent with spheroids, and galaxies with colors consistent with ongoing star formation have disk-like and irregular morphologies. The size distribution of the quiescent cluster galaxies shows a deficit of compact (<~1kpc), massive galaxies compared to CANDELS field galaxies at z=1.6. As a result, the cluster quiescent galaxies have larger average effective sizes compared to field galaxies at fixed mass at greater than 90% significance. Combined with data from the literature, the size evolution of quiescent cluster galaxies is relatively slow from z=~1.6 to the present, growing as (1+z)^-0.6+/-0.1^. If this result is generalizable, then it implies that physical processes associated with the denser cluster region seem to have caused accelerated size growth in quiescent galaxies prior to z=1.6 and slower subsequent growth at z<1.6 compared to galaxies in the lower density field. The quiescent cluster galaxies at z=1.6 have higher ellipticities compared to lower redshift samples at fixed mass, and their surface-brightness profiles suggest that they contain extended stellar disks. We argue that the cluster galaxies require dissipationless (i.e., gas-poor or "dry") mergers to reorganize the disk material and to match the relations for ellipticity, stellar mass, size, and color of early-type galaxies in z<1 clusters.
