- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/182/216
- Title:
- Surface photometry of Virgo ellipticals
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/182/216
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- New surface photometry of all known elliptical galaxies in the Virgo cluster is combined with published data to derive composite profiles of brightness, ellipticity, position angle, isophote shape, and color over large radius ranges. These provide enough leverage to show that Sersic logI{prop.to}r^1/n^ functions fit the brightness profiles I(r) of nearly all ellipticals remarkably well over large dynamic ranges. Therefore, we can confidently identify departures from these profiles that are diagnostic of galaxy formation. Finally, we verify that there is a strong dichotomy between elliptical and spheroidal galaxies. Their properties are consistent with our understanding of their different formation processes: mergers for ellipticals and conversion of late-type galaxies into spheroidals by environmental effects and by energy feedback from supernovae.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/75/67
- Title:
- Survey around the North Ecliptic Pole at 11 cm
- Short Name:
- J/A+AS/75/67
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- This catalog contains a survey of a rectangular area of 10x6 degrees in galactic coordinates (95.5{deg} < l < 101.5{deg} ; 28{deg} < b < 38{deg}) in the radio continuum in the direction of the north ecliptic pole (RA=18h, Dec=66.5{deg}) at 11.1 cm wavelength. The survey was conducted with the 100m radio telescope of the Max Planck Institut fur Radioastronomie. 469 sources were detected with an integrated flux density greater than 11 mJy, and with an angular resolution of 4.35'. The survey is believed to be complete to at least the 35 mJy level and can be used for comparison with deep surveys in other wavelengths of this area.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/165/307
- Title:
- Survey for ionization in neutral gas galaxies. I.
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/165/307
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We introduce the Survey for Ionization in Neutral Gas Galaxies (SINGG), a census of star formation in HI-selected galaxies. The survey consists of H{alpha} and R-band imaging of a sample of 468 galaxies selected from the HI Parkes All Sky Survey (HIPASS). The sample spans three decades in HI mass and is free of many of the biases that affect other star-forming galaxy samples. We present the criteria for sample selection, list the entire sample, discuss our observational techniques, and describe the data reduction and calibration methods. This paper focuses on 93 SINGG targets whose observations have been fully reduced and analyzed to date.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/661/801
- Title:
- Survey for ionization in neutral gas galaxies. III.
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/661/801
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We use the first data release from the Survey for Ionization in Neutral-Gas Galaxies (SINGG) H{alpha} survey of HI-selected galaxies to study the quantitative behavior of the diffuse, warm ionized medium (WIM) across the range of properties represented by these 109 galaxies.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/VII/184
- Title:
- Survey of 108 E-S0 galaxies
- Short Name:
- VII/184
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- A survey has been performed of the morphological and photometric properties of 108 E-S0 galaxies out of a complete sample of 112: this sample is built from the Revised Shapley-Ames Catalogue (RSA) keeping objects with {delta}>-10deg and V_0_<3000km/s, rejecting SB0's and Local Group dwarfs. The data were mainly derived from our CCD observations at Observatoire de Haute-Provence: the camera allowed fields of 4x7arcmin (or 7x7 from the last run), the seeing being generally in the 2-3arcsec FWHM range. The measurements include the isophotal analysis according to Carter's (1978) principles, and the photometric profiles along the two main axis. Opposite semi-axis are measured separately to detect asymmetries.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/119/32
- Title:
- Survey of galaxies within nearby voids. II
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/119/32
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We analyze the optical properties of {~}300 galaxies within and around three prominent voids of the Center for Astrophysics Redshift Survey. We determine CCD morphologies and H{alpha} equivalent widths from our imaging and spectroscopic survey. We also describe a redshift survey of 250 neighboring galaxies in the imaging survey fields. We assess the morphology-density relation, EW(H{alpha})-density relation, and the effects of nearby companions for galaxies in low-density environments selected with a smoothed large-scale (5 h^-1^ Mpc) galaxy number density n.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/118/2561
- Title:
- Survey of galaxies within prominent nearby voids
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/118/2561
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We study the optical properties of a large sample of galaxies in low-density regions of the nearby universe. We make a 5 h^-1^ Mpc smoothed map of the galaxy density throughout the Center for Astrophysics Redshift Survey (CfA2) to identify galaxies within three prominent nearby "voids" with diameter {>=} 30 h^-1^ Mpc. We augment the CfA2 void galaxy sample with fainter galaxies found in the same regions from the more recent and deeper Century and Redshift surveys. We obtain B and R CCD images and high signal-to-noise long-slit spectra for the resulting sample of 149 void galaxies, as well as for an additional 131 galaxies on the periphery of these voids. Here we describe the photometry for the sample, including B isophotal magnitudes and B-R colors.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/98/369
- Title:
- Survey of Markarian galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/98/369
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Results are presented from a multifrequency radio continuum survey of Markarian galaxies (MRKs) and are supplemented by IRAS infrared data from the Faint Source Survey. Radio data are presented for 899 MRKs observed at {nu}=4.755GHz with the NRAO-Green Bank 300 foot (91m) telescope, including nearly 88% of those objects in Markarian list VI-XIV. In addition, 1.415GHz measurements of 258 MRKs, over 30% of the MRKs accessible from NAIC-Arecibo, are reported. Radio continuum observations of smaller numbers of MRKs were made at 10.63GHz and at 23.1GHz and are also presented.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/687/230
- Title:
- Survey of M31 with Spitzer
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/687/230
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We explore the stellar population of M31 in a Spitzer Space Telescope survey utilizing IRAC and MIPS observations. Red supergiants are the brightest objects seen in the infrared; they are a prominent evolutionary phase. Due to their circumstellar envelopes, many of these radiate the bulk of their luminosity at IRAC wavelengths and do not stand out in the near-infrared or optically. Going fainter, we see large numbers of luminous asymptotic giant branch stars (AGB), many of which are known long-period variables. Relative to M33 the AGB carbon star population of M31 appears sparse, but this needs to be spectroscopically confirmed.
3620. Survey of novae in M31
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/734/12
- Title:
- Survey of novae in M31
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/734/12
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report the results of a multi-year spectroscopic and photometric survey of novae in M31 that resulted in a total of 53 spectra of 48 individual nova candidates. Two of these, M31N 1995-11e and M31N 2007-11g, were revealed to be long-period Mira variables, not novae. These data double the number of spectra extant for novae in M31 through the end of 2009 and bring to 91 the number of M31 novae with known spectroscopic classifications. We find that 75 novae (82%) are confirmed or likely members of the FeII spectroscopic class, with the remaining 16 novae (18%) belonging to the He/N (and related) classes. These numbers are consistent with those found for Galactic novae. We find no compelling evidence that spectroscopic class depends sensitively on spatial position or population within M31 (i.e., bulge versus disk), although the distribution for He/N systems appears slightly more extended than that for the FeII class. We confirm the existence of a correlation between speed class and ejection velocity (based on line width), as in the case of Galactic novae. Follow-up photometry allowed us to determine light-curve parameters for a total of 47 of the 91 novae with known spectroscopic class. We confirm that more luminous novae generally fade the fastest and that He/N novae are typically faster and brighter than their FeII counterparts. In addition, we find a weak dependence of nova speed class on position in M31, with the spatial distribution of the fastest novae being slightly more extended than that of slower novae.