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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/822/78
- Title:
- VLT/MUSE spectroscopic obs. of MACS J1149.5+2223
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/822/78
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) observations in the core of the Hubble Frontier Fields (HFF) galaxy cluster MACSJ1149.5+2223, where the first magnified and spatially resolved multiple images of supernova (SN) "Refsdal" at redshift 1.489 were detected. Thanks to a Director's Discretionary Time program with the Very Large Telescope and the extraordinary efficiency of MUSE, we measure 117 secure redshifts with just 4.8hr of total integration time on a single 1arcmin^2^ target pointing. We spectroscopically confirm 68 galaxy cluster members, with redshift values ranging from 0.5272 to 0.5660, and 18 multiple images belonging to seven background, lensed sources distributed in redshifts between 1.240 and 3.703. Starting from the combination of our catalog with those obtained from extensive spectroscopic and photometric campaigns using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), we select a sample of 300 (164 spectroscopic and 136 photometric) cluster members, within approximately 500kpc from the brightest cluster galaxy, and a set of 88 reliable multiple images associated with 10 different background source galaxies and 18 distinct knots in the spiral galaxy hosting SN "Refsdal". We exploit this valuable information to build six detailed strong-lensing models, the best of which reproduces the observed positions of the multiple images with an rms offset of only 0.26". We use these models to quantify the statistical and systematic errors on the predicted values of magnification and time delay of the next emerging image of SN "Refsdal". We find that its peak luminosity should occur between 2016 March and June and should be approximately 20% fainter than the dimmest (S4) of the previously detected images but above the detection limit of the planned HST/WFC3 follow-up. We present our two-dimensional reconstruction of the cluster mass density distribution and of the SN "Refsdal" host galaxy surface brightness distribution. We outline the road map toward even better strong-lensing models with a synergetic MUSE and HST effort.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/432/381
- Title:
- VLT spectroscopic survey of RX J0152.7-1357
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/432/381
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of an extensive spectroscopic survey of RX J0152.7-1357, one of the most massive distant clusters of galaxies known. Multi-object spectroscopy, carried out with FORS1 and FORS2 on the ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT), has allowed us to measure more than 200 redshifts in the cluster field and to confirm 102 galaxies as cluster members. The mean redshift of the cluster is z=0.837+/-0.001 and we estimate the velocity dispersion of the overall cluster galaxy distribution to be ~1600km/s.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/430/19
- Title:
- VRI photometry of Abell 3921 galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/430/19
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the analysis and results of a new VRI photometric and spectroscopic survey of the central ~1.8x1.2Mpc^2^ region of the galaxy cluster A3921 (z=0.094). We detect the presence of two dominant clumps of galaxies with a mass ratio of ~5: a main cluster centred on the Brightest Cluster Galaxy (BCG) (A3921-A), and an NW sub-cluster (A3921-B) hosting the second brightest cluster galaxy. The distorted morphology of the two sub-clusters suggests that they are interacting, while the velocity distribution of 104 confirmed cluster members does not reveal strong signatures of merging.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/389/787
- Title:
- VRI Photometry of Galaxies in AC118 Field
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/389/787
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present new photometric V-, R- and I-band data for the rich galaxy cluster AC118 at z=0.31. The new photometry covers an area of 8.6x8.6arcmin^2^, corresponding to 2.9x2.9Mpc^2^ (H_0_=50km/s/Mpc, q_0_=0.5 and Lambda=0). The data have been collected for a project aimed at studying galaxy evolution through the color-magnitude relation and the fundamental plane. We provide a catalogue including all the sources (N=1206) detected in the cluster field. The galaxy sample is complete to V=22.8mag (N_gal=574), R=22.3mag (N_gal=649) and I=20.8mag (N_gal=419). We give aperture magnitudes within a fixed aperture of 4.4arcsec and Kron magnitudes. We also give photometric redshifts for 459 sources for which additional U- and K-band photometry is available. We derive and discuss the V- and R-band luminosity functions. The catalogue is intended as a tool for studies in galaxy evolution.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/120/1
- Title:
- VRI photometry of PDCS survey
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/120/1
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- This paper presents the COP (CFHT optical PDCS; CFHT: Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope, PDCS: Palomar Distant Cluster Survey) survey data. We describe our photometric and spectroscopic observations with the multiobject spectrograph (MOS) at the CFHT. A comparison of the photometry from the PDCS catalogs and from the new images we have obtained at the CFHT shows that the different magnitude systems can be cross-calibrated. After identification between the PDCS catalogs and our new images, we built catalogs with redshift, coordinates, and V_PDCS_, I_PDCS_, and R_COP_ magnitudes. We have classified the galaxies along the lines of sight into field and structure galaxies using a gap technique from Katgert et al. In total we have observed 18 significant structures along the 10 lines of sight.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/489/571
- Title:
- VRizK photometry of RDCSJ0910+54 cluster
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/489/571
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report on the environmental dependence of properties of galaxies around the RDCSJ0910+54 cluster at z=1.1. We obtained multi-band wide-field images of the cluster with Suprime-Cam and MOIRCS on Subaru and WFCAM on UKIRT. Also, an intensive spectroscopic campaign was carried out using LRIS on Keck and FOCAS on Subaru. We collected 161 spectra with secure redshifts, with which we calibrated a larger sample of photometric redshifts.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/365/1392
- Title:
- VRi'z' phot. & redshifts around RX J0152.7-1352
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/365/1392
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a discovery of definitive large-scale structures around RX J0152.7-1352 at z=0.83 based on spectroscopic redshifts. In our previous papers, we reported a photometric identification of the large-scale structures at z~0.8. A spectroscopic follow-up observation was carried out on eight selected regions covering the most prominent structures to confirm their association to the main cluster. In six out of the eight fields, a well-isolated peak is identified in the distribution of spectroscopic redshifts at or near the cluster redshift. This is strong evidence for the presence of large-scale structures associated to the main cluster at z=0.83.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/119/329
- Title:
- VR photometry in the Shapley Supercluster
- Short Name:
- J/A+AS/119/329
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present V and R CCD photometric sequences of stars and galaxies for calibrating ESO/SERC (R) survey plates in the region of the Shapley supercluster of galaxies.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/176/374
- Title:
- WARPS-II Cluster catalog. VII.
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/176/374
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the galaxy cluster catalog from the second, larger phase of the Wide Angle ROSAT Pointed Survey (WARPS), an X-ray selected survey for high-redshift galaxy clusters. WARPS is among the largest deep X-ray cluster surveys and is being used to study the properties and evolution of galaxy clusters. The WARPS-II sample contains 125 clusters serendipitously detected in a survey of 301 ROSAT PSPC pointed observations and covers a sky area of 56.7deg^2^. Of these 125 clusters, 53 have not been previously reported in the literature. We have nearly complete spectroscopic follow-up of the clusters, which range in redshift from z=0.029 to z=0.92 with a median redshift of z=0.29 and find 59 clusters with z>=0.3 (29 not previously reported in the literature) and 11 clusters with z>=0.6 (6 not previously reported). We also define a statistically complete subsample of 102 clusters above a uniform flux limit of 6.5x10^-14^ergs/cm^2^/s (0.5-2.0keV). Here we provide the cluster catalog and finder charts consisting of X-ray overlays on optical CCD images. We also compare our redshifts, fluxes, and detection methods to other similar published cluster surveys and find no serious issues with our measurements or completeness.
