- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/134/2474
- Title:
- H{alpha} emission-line stars in 7 dwarfs galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/134/2474
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We describe a search for H{alpha} emission-line stars in M31, M33, and seven dwarfs in or near the Local Group (IC 10, NGC 6822, WLM, Sextans B, Sextans A, Pegasus, and the Phoenix dwarf) using interference filter imaging with the KPNO and CTIO 4m telescopes and Mosaic cameras. The survey is aimed primarily at identifying new luminous blue variables (LBVs) from their spectroscopic similarity to known LBVs, avoiding the bias toward photometric variability, which may require centuries to manifest itself if LBVs go through long quiescent periods. Follow-up spectroscopy with WIYN confirms that our survey detected a wealth of stars whose spectra are similar to the known LBVs.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/143/3
- Title:
- H{alpha} emission stars in IC 1274
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/143/3
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- IC 1274 is a faintly luminous nebula lying on the near surface of the Lynds 227 (L227) molecular cloud. Its cavity-like morphology is reminiscent of a blistered star-forming region. Four luminous, early-type (B0-B5) stars are located within a spherical volume ~5' in diameter that appears to be clear of heavy obscuration. Approximately centered in the cleared region is the B0 V star HD 166033, which is thought to be largely responsible for the cavity's excavation. Over 80 H{alpha} emission sources brighter than V~21 have been identified in the region. More than half of these are concentrated in IC 1274 and are presumably members of a faint T Tauri star population. Chandra Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer imaging of a nearby suspected pulsar and time-variable {gamma}-ray source (GeV J1809-2327) detected 21 X-ray sources in the cluster vicinity, some of which are coincident with the early-type stars and H{alpha} emitters in IC 1274. Deep (V~22) optical BVRI photometry has been obtained for the cluster region. A distance of 1.82+/-0.3kpc and a mean extinction of AV~1.21+/-0.2mag follow from photometry of the early-type stars. Using pre-main-sequence evolutionary models, we derive a median age for the H{alpha} emitters and X-ray sources of ~1Myr; however, a significant dispersion is present. The displaced material was driven against what remains of the molecular cloud to the east, enabling the formation of the substantial number of T Tauri stars found there. A dispersed population of H{alpha} emitters is also found along the periphery of L227, IC 1275, and IC 4684.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/II/309
- Title:
- H{alpha} emission stars in the Orion Nebula
- Short Name:
- II/309
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The catalog of 534 H{alpha} emission lines stars in the region of the Orion Nebula (5{deg}x5{deg}) is presented, an the basis of 240 "new" H{alpha} stars found on Tonantzintla spectral plates and previous known H{alpha} emission stars.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/416/2041
- Title:
- H{alpha} emitters at z=2.23
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/416/2041
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of a narrow-band (H_2_S1, {lambda}_c_=2.121um, {delta}{lambda}=0.021um) imaging search with Wide Field Camera/United Kingdom Infrared Telescope for H{alpha} emitters (HAEs) around several potential signposts of rare (~10^-7^-10^-8^ comoving Mpc^-3^) overdense regions at z=2.23: an overdensity of quasi-stellar objects [QSOs; 2dF QSO Redshift Survey (2QZ) cluster], a powerful, high-redshift radio galaxy (HzRG) and a concentration of submillimetre galaxies (SMGs) and optically faint radio galaxies (OFRGs). In total, we detect 137 narrow-band emitter candidates down to emission-line fluxes of 0.5-1x10^-16^erg/s/cm^2^, across a total area of 0.56deg^2^ (2.1x10^5^ comoving Mpc^3^ at z=2.23) in these fields.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/549/820
- Title:
- H{alpha} flux of ACCG 114 galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/549/820
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of a wide-field survey for H{alpha}-emitting galaxies in the cluster AC 114 at z=0.32. Spectra centered on H{alpha} at the cluster redshift have been obtained for 586 galaxies to I_tot_~22 out to a radius of ~h_50_^-1^Mpc. At most, only ~10% of these were found to be H{alpha}-emitting cluster members. These objects are predominantly blue and of late-type spiral morphology, consistent with them hosting star formation. However, ~65% of the cluster members classified morphologically as spirals (with HST) have no detectable H{alpha} emission; star formation and morphological evolution in cluster galaxies appear to be largely decoupled. Changes in the H{alpha} detection rate and the strength of H{alpha} emission with environment (as traced by local galaxy density) are found to be weak within the region studied. Star formation within the cluster members is also found to be strongly and uniformly suppressed with the rates inferred from the H{alpha} emission not exceeding 4M_{sun}_/yr, and AC 114's H{alpha} luminosity function being an order of magnitude below that observed for field galaxies at the same redshift. None of the galaxies detected have the high star formation rates associated with "starburst" galaxies; however, this may still be reconcilable with the known (8%+/-3%) fraction of "post-starburst" galaxies within AC 114, given the poorly determined but short lifetimes of starbursts and the possibility that much of the associated star formation is obscured by dust.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/384/383
- Title:
- H{alpha} galaxies in Abell 1367 and Coma
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/384/383
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a deep wide field H{alpha} imaging survey of the central regions of the two nearby clusters of galaxies Coma and Abell 1367, taken with the WFC at the Prime Focus at the NT 2.5m telescope located at Observatorio de El Roque de los Muchachos (La Palma), on April 26th and 28th 2000. We determine for the first time the Schechter parameters of the H{alpha} luminosity function (LF) of cluster galaxies.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/546/A77
- Title:
- H{alpha} images of HD93521
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/546/A77
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Owing to its unusual location and its isolation, the nature of the high Galactic latitude O9.5 Vp object HD 93521 is still uncertain. We have collected X-ray and optical observations to characterize the star and its surroundings.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/659/A46
- Title:
- Halpha images of 6 lenticular galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/659/A46
- Date:
- 04 Mar 2022 00:51:50
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- As part of the Virgo Cluster Survey Tracing Ionised Gas Emission, a blind narrow-band H{alpha}+[NII] imaging survey of the Virgo cluster carried out with MegaCam at the CFHT, we discovered eight massive (10^10^<~M_star_<~10^11^M_{sun}_) lenticular galaxies with prominent ionised gas emission features in their inner (a few kiloparsec) regions. These features are either ionised gas filaments similar to those observed in cooling flows (two galaxies), or they are thin discs with sizes 0.7<~R(H{alpha})<~2.0kpc (six galaxies), thus significantly smaller than those of the stellar disc (R(H{alpha})~=7-22%R_iso_(r)). The morphological properties of these discs are similar to those of the dust seen in absorption in high-resolution HST images. Using a unique set of multifrequency data, including new or archival ASTROSAT/UVIT, GALEX, HST, CFHT, Spitzer, and Herschel imaging data, combined with IFU (MUSE, ALMA) and long-slit (SOAR) spectroscopy, we show that while the gas that is located within these inner discs is photoionised by young stars, which signals ongoing star formation, the gas in the filamentary structures is shock ionised. The star formation surface brightness of these discs is similar to that observed in late-type galaxies. Because of their reduced size, however, these lenticular galaxies are located below the main sequence of unperturbed or cluster star-forming systems. By comparing the dust masses measured from absorption maps in optical images, from the Balmer decrement, or estimated by fitting the UV-to-far-IR spectral energy distribution of the target galaxies, we confirm that the dust masses derived from optical attenuation maps are heavily underestimated because of geometrical effects due to the relative distribution of the absorbing dust and the emitting stars. We also show that these galaxies have gas-to-dust ratios of G/D=~80_30_^320^, and that the star formation within these discs follows the Schmidt relation, but with an efficiency that is reduced by a factor of ~2.5. Using our unique set of multifrequency data, we discuss the possible origin of the ionised gas in these objects, which suggests multiple and complex formation scenarios for massive lenticular galaxies in clusters.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/587/A135
- Title:
- Halpha images of NGC 6334 and NGC 6357
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/587/A135
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We analyze the Halpha emission of the star-forming region NGC 6334 and NGC 6357 with the aim to precise/determine the nature of the HII regions.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/644/A38
- Title:
- Halpha images of stellar bars in galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/644/A38
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Stellar bars are known to gradually funnel gas to the central parts of disk galaxies. It remains a matter of debate why the distribution of ionized gas along bars and in the circumnuclear regions varies among galaxies. Our goal is to investigate the spatial distribution of star formation (SF) within bars of nearby low-inclination disk galaxies (i<65deg) from the S4G survey. We aim to link the loci of SF to global properties of the hosts (morphological type, stellar mass, gas fraction, and bar-induced gravitational torques), providing constraints for the conditions that regulate SF in bars. We use archival GALEX far- and near-UV imaging for 772 barred galaxies, and for a control sample of 423 non-barred galaxies. We also assemble a compilation of continuum-subtracted H{alpha} images for 433 barred galaxies, 70 of which we produced from ancillary photometry and MUSE and CALIFA integral field unit data cubes. We employ two complementary approaches: i) the analysis of bar (2D) and disk (1D) stacks built from co-added UV images (oriented and scaled with respect to the stellar bars and the extent of disks) of hundreds of galaxies that are binned based on their Hubble stage (T) and bar family; and ii) the visual classification of the morphology of ionized regions (traced from H{alpha} and UV data) in individual galaxies into three main SF classes: A) only circumnuclear SF; B) SF at the bar ends, but not along the bar; and C) SF along the bar. Barred galaxies with active and passive inner rings are likewise classified. Massive, gas-poor, lenticular galaxies typically belong to SF class A; this is probably related to bar-induced quenching of SF in the disk. The distribution of SF class B peaks for early- and intermediate-type spirals; this most likely results from the interplay of gas flow, shocks, and enhanced shear in massive centrally concentrated galaxies with large bar amplitudes (the latter is supported by the lack of a dip in the radial distribution of SF in non-barred galaxies). Late-type gas-rich galaxies with high gravitational torques are mainly assigned to SF class C; we argue that this is a consequence of low shear among the faintest galaxies. In bar stacks of spiral galaxies the UV emission traces the stellar bars and dominates on their leading side, as witnessed in simulations. Among early-type spirals the central UV emission is ~0.5mag brighter in strongly barred galaxies, relative to their weakly barred counterparts; this is probably related to the efficiency of strong bars sweeping the disk gas and triggering central starbursts. On the contrary, in later types the UV emission is stronger at all radii in strongly barred galaxies than in weakly barred and non-barred ones. We also show that the distributions of SF in inner-ringed galaxies are broadly the same in barred and non-barred galaxies, including a UV and H{alpha) deficit in the middle part of the bar; this hints at the effect of resonance rings trapping gas that is no longer funneled inwards. Distinct distributions of SF within bars are reported in galaxies of different morphological types. Star-forming bars are most common among late-type gas-rich galaxies. Bars are important agents in the regulation of SF in disks.
