- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/276/689
- Title:
- Galaxies in SGP region
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/276/689
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the data from an extensive, moderately deep (b_J_~19.5) spectroscopic survey of ~600 galaxies within four regions of the sky located near the South Galactic Pole. About 75% of the measured galaxies are in an approximately 3x1.5sq.deg region dominated by the rich cluster of galaxies Klemola 44 (Abell 4038). The other three small areas cover about 1sq.deg each. Here, we discuss in detail the observing and data reduction strategies, and the completeness of and errors in the measured redshifts. The data collected are being used for: (i) a study of the large-scale redshift distribution of the galaxies in each field, and (ii) a thorough dynamical investigation of Klemola 44. Results from these analyses will be presented in forthcoming papers.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/404/749
- Title:
- Galaxies in the field of B2108+213
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/404/749
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The gravitational lens system CLASS B2108+213 has two radio-loud lensed images separated by 4.56 arcsec. The relatively large image separation implies that the lensing is caused by a group of galaxies. In this paper, new optical imaging and spectroscopic data for the lensing galaxies of B2108+213 and the surrounding field galaxies are presented. These data are used to investigate the mass and composition of the lensing structure.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/395/1213
- Title:
- Galaxies in the field of MACS J1206.2-0847
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/395/1213
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We discuss the X-ray and optical properties of the massive galaxy cluster MACSJ1206.2-0847 (z=0.4385), discovered in the Massive Cluster Survey (MACS). Our Chandra observation of the system yields a total X-ray luminosity of 2.4x10^45^erg/s (0.1-2.4keV) and a global gas temperature of 11.6+/-0.7keV, very high values typical of MACS clusters. In both optical and X-ray images, MACSJ1206.2-0847 appears close to relaxed in projection, with a pronounced X-ray peak at the location of the brightest cluster galaxy (BCG); we interpret this feature as the remnant of a cold core. A spectacular giant gravitational arc, 15-arcsec in length, bright (V~21) and unusually red (R-K=4.3), is seen 20-arcsec west of the BCG; we measure a redshift of z=1.036 for the lensed galaxy. From our Hubble Space Telescope image of the cluster, we identify the giant arc and its counter image as a sevenfold imaged system. An excess of X-ray emission in the direction of the arc coincides with a mild galaxy overdensity and could be the remnant of a minor merger with a group of galaxies. We derive estimates of the total cluster mass as well as of the mass of the cluster core using X-ray, dynamical and gravitational-lensing techniques. For the mass enclosed by the giant arc (r<119kpc), our strong-lensing analysis based on Hubble Space Telescope imaging yields a very high value of 1.1x10^14^M_{sun}_, inconsistent with the much lower X-ray estimate of 0.5x10^14^M_{sun}_. Similarly, the virial estimate of 4x10^15^M_{sun}_ for the total cluster mass, derived from multi-object spectroscopy with Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) and the VLT of 38 cluster members, is significantly higher than the corresponding X-ray estimate of 1.7x10^15^M_{sun}_. We take the discrepancy between X-ray and other mass estimates to be indicative of pronounced substructure along the line of sight during an ongoing merger event, an interpretation that is supported by the system's very high velocity dispersion of 1580km/s.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/RAA/11.245
- Title:
- Galaxies in the field of RX J0054.0-2823
- Short Name:
- J/other/RAA/11.2
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present galactic spectroscopic data from a pencil beam of 10.75'x7.5' centered on the X-ray cluster RXJ0054.0-2823 at z=0.29. We study the spectral evolution of galaxies from z=1 down to the cluster redshift in a magnitude-limited sample at R<=23, for which the statistical properties of the sample are well understood. We divide emission-line galaxies into star-forming galaxies, Low Ionization Nuclear Emission line Regions (LINERs), and Seyferts by using emission-line ratios of [OII],H{beta}, and [OIII], and derive stellar fractions from population synthesis models. We focus our analysis on absorption and low-ionization galaxies.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/AstBu/73.124
- Title:
- Galaxies in the Local Supercluster band
- Short Name:
- J/other/AstBu/73
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We investigate the distribution and velocity field of galaxies situated in a band of 100x20 degrees centered on M87 and oriented along the Local supercluster plane. Our sample amounts 2158 galaxies with radial velocities less than 2000 km/s. Of them, 1119 galaxies (52%) have distance and peculiar velocity estimates. About 3/4 of early-type galaxies are concentrated within the Virgo cluster core, most of the late-type galaxies in the band locate outside the virial radius. Distribution of gas-rich dwarfs with M_HI_> M* looks to be insensitive to the Virgo cluster presence. Among 50 galaxy groups in the equatorial supercluster band 6 groups have peculiar velocities about 500-1000km/s comparable with virial motions in rich clusters. The most cryptic case is a flock of nearly 30 galaxies around NGC4278 (Coma I cloud), moving to us with the mean peculiar velocity of -840km/s. This cloud (or filament?) resides at a distance of 16.1Mpc from us and approximately 5Mpc away from the Virgo center. Galaxies around Virgo cluster exhibit Virgocentric infall with an amplitude of about 500 km/s. Assuming the spherically symmetric radial infall, we estimate the radius of the zero-velocity surface to be R0=(7.0+/-0.3)Mpc that yields the total mass of Virgo cluster to be (7.4+/-0.9)x10^14^ solar masses, in tight agreement with its virial mass estimates. We conclude that the Virgo outskirts does not contain significant amounts of dark mater beyond its virial core.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/415/1188
- Title:
- Galaxies in the Lynx-Cancer void
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/415/1188
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The evolution of galaxies is influenced by the environment in which they reside. This effect should be strongest for the lowest-mass and lowest-luminosity galaxies. To study dwarf galaxies in extremely low density environments, we have compiled a deep catalogue of dwarf galaxies in the nearby Lynx-Cancer void. This void hosts some of the most metal-poor dwarfs known to date. It borders the Local Volume at negative supergalactic Z(SGZ) coordinates and has a size of more than 16Mpc. With a distance to its centre of only 18Mpc, it is close enough to allow a search for the faintest dwarfs. Within the void 75 dwarf (-11.9>M_B_>-18.0) and four subluminous (-18.0>M_B_>-18.4) galaxies have been identified. We present the parameters of the void galaxies and a detailed analysis of the completeness of the catalogue as a function of magnitude and surface brightness.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/429/2264
- Title:
- Galaxies in the UMa cluster complex
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/429/2264
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- A nearby friable cloud in Ursa Majoris contains 270 galaxies with radial velocities 500<V_LG_<1500km/s inside the area of RA=[11.0h,13.0h] and DE=[+40{deg},+60{deg}]. At present, 97 galaxies of them have individual distance estimates. We use these data to clarify the structure and kinematics of the UMa complex. According to Makarov & Karachentsev (2011MNRAS.412.2498M, Cat. J/MNRAS/412/2498), most of the UMa galaxies belong to seven bound groups, which have the following median parameters: velocity dispersion of 58k/s, harmonic projected radius of 300kpc, virial mass of 2x10^12^M{sun} and virial mass-to-K-band luminosity ratio of 27M{sun}/L{sun}. Almost a half of the UMa cloud population are gas-rich dwarfs (Ir, Im, BCD) with active star formation seen in the GALEX UV-survey. The UMa groups reside within 15-19Mpc from us, being just at the same distance as the Virgo cluster. The total virial mass of the UMa groups is 4x10^13^M{sun}, yielding the average density of dark matter in the UMa cloud to be {Omega}m=0.08, i.e. a factor of 3 lower than the cosmic average. This is despite the fact that the UMa cloud resides in a region of the Universe that is an apparent overdensity. A possible explanation for this is that most mass in the Universe lies in the empty space between clusters. Herewith, the mean distances and velocities of the UMa groups follow nearly undisturbed Hubble flow without a sign of the 'Z-wave' effect caused by infall towards a massive attractor. This constrains the total amount of dark matter between the UMa groups within the cloud volume.
128. Galaxies near S1189
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/406/2578
- Title:
- Galaxies near S1189
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/406/2578
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present radio images of a sample of six wide-angle tail (WAT) radio sources, identified in the Australia Telescope Large Area Survey 1.4-GHz radio survey, and new spectroscopic redshifts for four of these sources. These WATs are in the redshift range of 0.1469-0.3762, and we find evidence of galaxy overdensities in the vicinity of four of the WATs from either spectroscopic or photometric redshifts. We also present follow-up spectroscopic observations of the area surrounding the largest WAT, S1189, which is at a redshift of ~0.22. The spectroscopic observations, taken using the AAOmega spectrograph on the Anglo-Australian Telescope, show an overdensity of galaxies at this redshift. The galaxies are spread over an unusually large area of ~12Mpc with a velocity spread of ~4500km/s. This large-scale structure includes a highly asymmetric Fanaroff-Riley type I radio galaxy and also appears to host a radio relic. It may represent an unrelaxed system with different sub-structures interacting or merging with one another. We discuss the implications of these observations for future large-scale radio surveys.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/452/2087
- Title:
- Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA): DR2
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/452/2087
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey is one of the largest contemporary spectroscopic surveys of low redshift galaxies. Covering an area of ~286deg^2^ (split among five survey regions) down to a limiting magnitude of r<19.8mag, we have collected spectra and reliable redshifts for 238000 objects using the AAOmega spectrograph on the Anglo-Australian Telescope. In addition, we have assembled imaging data from a number of independent surveys in order to generate photometry spanning the wavelength range 1nm-1m. Here, we report on the recently completed spectroscopic survey and present a series of diagnostics to assess its final state and the quality of the redshift data. We also describe a number of survey aspects and procedures, or updates thereof, including changes to the input catalogue, redshifting and re-redshifting, and the derivation of ultraviolet, optical and near-infrared photometry. Finally, we present the second public release of GAMA data. In this release, we provide input catalogue and targeting information, spectra, redshifts, ultraviolet, optical and near-infrared photometry, single-component Sersic fits, stellar masses, H{alpha}-derived star formation rates, environment information, and group properties for all galaxies with r<19.0mag in two of our survey regions, and for all galaxies with r<19.4mag in a third region (72225 objects in total). The data base serving these data is available at http://www.gama-survey.org/.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/413/971
- Title:
- Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) DR1
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/413/971
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The Galaxy and Mass Assembly (GAMA) survey has been operating since 2008 February on the 3.9-m Anglo-Australian Telescope using the AAOmega fibre-fed spectrograph facility to acquire spectra with a resolution of R~1300 for 120862 Sloan Digital Sky Survey selected galaxies. The target catalogue constitutes three contiguous equatorial regions centred at 9h (G09), 12h (G12) and 14.5h (G15) each of 12x4deg^2^ to limiting fluxes of r_pet_<19.4, r_pet_<19.8 and r_pet_<19.4 mag, respectively (and additional limits at other wavelengths). Spectra and reliable redshifts have been acquired for over 98 per cent of the galaxies within these limits. Here we present the survey footprint, progression, data reduction, redshifting, re-redshifting, an assessment of data quality after 3yr, additional image analysis products (including ugrizYJHK photometry, Sersic profiles and photometric redshifts), observing mask and construction of our core survey catalogue (GamaCore). From this we create three science-ready catalogues: GamaCoreDR1 for public release, which includes data acquired during year 1 of operations within specified magnitude limits (2008 February to April); GamaCoreMainSurvey containing all data above our survey limits for use by the GAMA Team and collaborators; and GamaCoreAtlasSV containing year 1, 2 and 3 data matched to Herschel-ATLAS science demonstration data. These catalogues along with the associated spectra, stamps and profiles can be accessed via the GAMA website: http://www.gama-survey.org/
