- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/662/808
- Title:
- Cusp radius in luminous elliptical galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/662/808
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Black hole (BH) masses predicted from the M_BH_-sigma relationship conflict with predictions from the M_BH_-L relationship for high-luminosity galaxies, such as brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs). The M_BH_-L relationship predicts that some BCGs may harbor BHs with M_BH_ approaching 10^10^M_{sun}_ while the M_BH_-sigma relationship always predicts M_BH_<3x10^9^M_{sun}_. We argue that the M_BH_-L relationship is a plausible description for galaxies of high luminosity. If the cores in central stellar density are formed by binary BHs, the inner core cusp radius, r{gamma}, may be an independent witness of M_BH_. Using central structural parameters derived from a large sample of early-type galaxies observed by HST, we argue that L is superior to sigma as an indicator of r{gamma}.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/488/2175
- Title:
- CVRHS classifications for 719 AMIGA galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/488/2175
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Using images from Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 8, we have re-examined the morphology of 719 galaxies from the Analysis of the interstellar Medium in Isolated GAlaxies (AMIGA) project, a sample consisting of the most isolated galaxies that have yet been identified. The goal is to further improve the classifications of these galaxies by examining them in the context of the Comprehensive de Vaucouleurs revised Hubble-Sandage (CVRHS) system, which includes recognition of features that go beyond the original de Vaucouleurs point of view. Our results confirm previous findings that isolated galaxies are found across the complete revised Hubble sequence, with intermediate to late-type (Sb-Sc) spirals being relatively more common. Elmegreen Arm Classifications are also presented, and show that more than 50\% of the 514 spirals in the sample for which an arm class could be judged are grand design (AC 8,9,12). The visual bar fraction for the sample is ~50%, but only 16% are classified as strongly-barred (SB). The dominant family classification is SA (nonbarred), the dominant inner variety classification is (s) (pure spiral), and the dominant outer variety classification is no outer ring, pseudoring, or lens. The Kolmogorov-Smirnov test is used to check for potential biases in the morphological interpretations, and for any possible relation between rings, bars, and arm classes with local environment and far-infrared excess. The connection between morphology and stellar mass is also examined for a subset of the sample.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/488/590
- Title:
- CVRHS classifications for the EFIGI Galaxy Sample
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/488/590
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- This paper is the third which examines galaxy morphology from the point of view of comprehensive de Vaucouleurs revised Hubble-Sandage (CVRHS) classification, a variation on the original de Vaucouleurs classification volume that accounts for finer details of galactic structure, including lenses, nuclear structures, embedded disks, boxy and disky components, and other features. The classification is applied to the EFIGI sample, a well-defined set of nearby galaxies which were previously examined by Baillard et al. (2011, Cat. J/A+A/532/A74) and de Lapparent et al. (2011A&A...532A..75D). The survey is focussed on statistics of features, and brings attention to exceptional examples of some morphologies, such as skewed bars, blue bar ansae, bar-outer pseudoring misalignment, extremely elongated inner SB rings, outer rings and lenses, and other features that are likely relevant to galactic secular evolution and internal dynamics. The possibility of using these classifications as a training set for automated classification algorithms is also discussed.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/471/4027
- Title:
- CVRHS classifications for the GZ2 Ring Sample
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/471/4027
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Rings are important and characteristic features of disc-shaped galaxies. This paper is the first in a series that re-visits galactic rings with the goals of further understanding the nature of the features and for examining their role in the secular evolution of galaxy structure. The series begins with a new sample of 3962 galaxies drawn from the Galaxy Zoo 2 citizen science data base, selected because zoo volunteers recognized a ring-shaped pattern in the morphology as seen in Sloan Digital Sky Survey colour images. The galaxies are classified within the framework of the Comprehensive de Vaucouleurs revised Hubble-Sandage system. It is found that zoo volunteers cued on the same kinds of ring-like features that were recognized in the 1995 Catalogue of Southern Ringed Galaxies. This paper presents the full catalogue of morphological classifications, comparisons with other sources of classifications and some histograms designed mainly to highlight the content of the catalogue. The advantages of the sample are its large size and the generally good quality of the images; the main disadvantage is the low physical resolution that limits the detectability of linearly small rings such as nuclear rings. The catalogue includes mainly inner and outer disc rings and lenses. Cataclysmic ('encounter-driven') rings (such as ring and polar ring galaxies) are recognized in less than 1 per cent of the sample.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/VII/87A
- Title:
- Data on 1889 Abell's clusters of galaxies
- Short Name:
- VII/87A
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- A sample of 1889 clusters from Abell's catalogue of Rich Clusters of Galaxies (1958, ApJS 3, 211) have been classified in the Bautz-Morgan system
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/598/A32
- Title:
- 2D decomposition of CALIFA galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/598/A32
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a two-dimensional multi-component photometric decomposition of 404 galaxies from the Calar Alto Legacy Integral Field Area Data Release 3 (CALIFA-DR3). They represent all possible galaxies with no clear signs of interaction and not strongly inclined in the final CALIFA data release. Galaxies are modelled in the g, r, and i Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) images including, when appropriate, a nuclear point source, bulge, bar, and an exponential or broken disc component. We use a human-supervised approach to determine the optimal number of structures to be included in the fit. The dataset, including the photometric parameters of the CALIFA sample, is released together with statistical errors and a visual analysis of the quality of each fit. The analysis of the photometric components reveals a clear segregation of the structural composition of galaxies with stellar mass. At high masses (log(M*/M_{sun}_)>11), the galaxy population is dominated by galaxies modelled with a single Sersic or a bulge+disc with a bulge-to-total (B/T) luminosity ratio B/T>0.2. At intermediate masses (9.5<log(M*/M_{sun}_)<11), galaxies described with bulge+disc but B/T<0.2 are preponderant, whereas, at the low mass end (log(M*/M_{\sun}_)<9.5), the prevailing population is constituted by galaxies modelled with either pure discs or nuclear point sources+discs (i.e., no discernible bulge). The analyses of the extended multi-component radial profile result in a volume-corrected distribution of 62%, 28%, and 10% for the so-called Type I (pure exponential), Type II (down-bending), and Type III (up-bending) disc profiles, respectively. These fractions are in discordance with previous findings. We argue that the different methodologies used to detect the breaks are the main cause for these differences.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/427/679
- Title:
- Deep blank field catalogue
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/427/679
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The observation of blank fields, defined as regions of the sky that are devoid of stars down to a given threshold magnitude, constitutes one of the most relevant calibration procedures required for the proper reduction of astronomical data obtained following typical observing strategies. In this work, we have used the Delaunay triangulation to search for deep blank fields throughout the whole sky, with a minimum size of 10-arcmin in diameter and an increasing threshold magnitude from 15 to 18 in the R band of the USNO-B Catalog of the United States Naval Observatory. The result is a catalogue with the deepest blank fields known so far. A short sample of these regions has been tested with the 10.4m Gran Telescopio Canarias, and it has been shown to be extremely useful for medium and large size telescopes. Because some of the regions found could also be suitable for new extragalactic studies, we have estimated the galactic extinction in the direction of each deep blank field. This catalogue is accessible through the Virtual Observatory tool TESELA, and the user can retrieve - and visualise using Aladin - the deep blank fields available near a given position in the sky.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/193/14
- Title:
- DEEP3 Galaxy Redshift Survey: GOODS-N field
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/193/14
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of spectroscopic observations in the GOODS-N field completed using DEIMOS on the Keck II telescope as part of the DEEP3 Galaxy Redshift Survey (M. C. Cooper et al. 2011, in preparation). Observations of 370 unique targets down to a limiting magnitude of R_AB_=24.4 yielded 156 secure redshifts. In addition to redshift information, we provide sky-subtracted one- and two-dimensional spectra of each target. Observations were conducted following the procedures of the Team Keck Redshift Survey (TKRS, Cat. J/AJ/127/3121), thereby producing spectra that augment the TKRS sample while maintaining the uniformity of its spectral database.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/III/268
- Title:
- DEEP2 Redshift Survey, Data Release 4
- Short Name:
- III/268
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- This paper describes a new catalog that supplements the existing DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey photometric and spectroscopic catalogs with ugriz photometry from two other surveys: the Canada-France-Hawaii Legacy Survey (CFHTLS) and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). Each catalog is cross-matched by position on the sky in order to assign ugriz photometry to objects in the DEEP2 catalogs. We have recalibrated the CFHTLS photometry where it overlaps DEEP2 in order to provide a more uniform data set. We have also used this improved photometry to predict DEEP2 BRI photometry in regions where only poorer measurements were available previously. In addition, we have included improved astrometry tied to SDSS rather than USNO-A2.0 for all DEEP2 objects. In total this catalog contains ~27, 000 objects with full ugriz photometry as well as robust spectroscopic redshift measurements, 64% of which have r > 23. By combining the secure and accurate redshifts of the DEEP2 Galaxy Redshift Survey with ugriz photometry, we have created a catalog that can be used as an excellent testbed for future photo-z studies, including tests of algorithms for surveys such as LSST and DES.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/530/A93
- Title:
- de Houtman, Kepler and Halley star catalogs
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/530/A93
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- de Houtman in 1603, Kepler in 1627 and Halley in 1679 published the earliest modern catalogues of the southern sky. We provide machine-readable versions of these catalogues, make some comparisons between them, and briefly discuss their accuracy on the basis of comparison with data from the modern Hipparcos Catalogue. We also compare our results for de Houtman with those by Knobel (1917) finding good overall agreement. About half of the about 200 new stars (with respect to Ptolemaios) added by de Houtman are in twelve new constellations, half in old constellations like Centaurus, Lupus and Argo. The right ascensions and declinations given by de Houtman have error distributions with widths of about 40-arcmin, the longitudes and latitudes given by Kepler have error distributions with widths of about 45-arcmin. Halley improves on this by more than an order of magnitude to widths of about 3-arcmin, and all entries in his catalogue can be identified. The measurement errors of Halley are due to a systematic deviation of his sextant (increasing with angle to 2-arcmin at 60-degrees) and random errors of 0.7-arcmin. The position errors in the catalogue of Halley are dominated by the position errors in the reference stars, which he took from Brahe.
