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1601. HST/ACS Coma cluster survey. II.
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/191/143
Title:
HST/ACS Coma cluster survey. II.
Short Name:
J/ApJS/191/143
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
The Coma cluster, Abell 1656, was the target of an HST-ACS Treasury program designed for deep imaging in the F475W and F814W passbands. Although our survey was interrupted by the ACS instrument failure in early 2007, the partially completed survey still covers ~50% of the core high-density region in Coma. Observations were performed for 25 fields that extend over a wide range of cluster-centric radii (1.75Mpc or 1{deg}) with a total coverage area of 274arcmin^2^. The majority of the fields are located near the core region of Coma (19/25 pointings) with six additional fields in the southwest region of the cluster. In this paper, we present reprocessed images and SEXTRACTOR source catalogs for our survey fields, including a detailed description of the methodology used for object detection and photometry, the subtraction of bright galaxies to measure faint underlying objects, and the use of simulations to assess the photometric accuracy and completeness of our catalogs. We also use simulations to perform aperture corrections for the SEXTRACTOR Kron magnitudes based only on the measured source flux and its half-light radius. We have performed photometry for 73,000 unique objects; approximately one-half of our detections are brighter than the 10{sigma} point-source detection limit at F814W=25.8mag(AB). The slight majority of objects (60%) are unresolved or only marginally resolved by ACS. We estimate that Coma members are 5%-10% of all source detections, which consist of a large population of unresolved compact sources (primarily globular clusters but also ultra-compact dwarf galaxies) and a wide variety of extended galaxies from a cD galaxy to dwarf low surface brightness galaxies. The red sequence of Coma member galaxies has a color-magnitude relation with a constant slope and dispersion over 9mag (-21<M_I_<-13). The initial data release for the HST-ACS Coma Treasury program was made available to the public in 2008 August. The images and catalogs described in this study relate to our second data release.
1602. HST/ACS Coma Cluster Survey. VI.
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/414/3052
Title:
HST/ACS Coma Cluster Survey. VI.
Short Name:
J/MNRAS/414/3052
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Using deep, high-spatial-resolution imaging from the Hubble Space Telescope/Advanced Camera for Surveys (HST/ACS) Coma Cluster Treasury Survey, we determine colour profiles of early-type galaxies in the Coma cluster. From 176 galaxies brighter than MF814W(AB)=-15mag that are either spectroscopically confirmed members of Coma or identified by eye as likely members from their low surface brightness, data are provided for 142 early-type galaxies. Typically, colour profiles are linear against log (R), sometimes with a nuclear region of distinct, often bluer colour associated with nuclear clusters. Colour gradients are determined for the regions outside the nuclear components. We find that almost all colour gradients are negative, both for elliptical and for lenticular galaxies. Most likely, earlier studies that report positive colour gradients in dwarf galaxies are affected by the bluer colours of the nuclear clusters, underlining that high-resolution data are essential to disentangle the colour properties of the different morphological components in galaxies. Colour gradients of dwarf galaxies form a continuous sequence with those of elliptical galaxies, becoming shallower towards fainter magnitudes. Interpreting the colours as metallicity tracers, our data suggest that dwarfs as well as giant early-type galaxies in the Coma cluster are less metal rich in their outer parts. We do not find evidence for environmental influence on the gradients, although we note that most of our galaxies are found in the central regions of the cluster. For a subset of galaxies with known morphological types, S0 galaxies have less steep gradients than elliptical galaxies.
1603. HST/ACS Coma Cluster Survey. X.
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/445/2385
Title:
HST/ACS Coma Cluster Survey. X.
Short Name:
J/MNRAS/445/2385
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present scaling relations between structural properties of nuclear star clusters and their host galaxies for a sample of early-type dwarf galaxies observed as part of the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) Coma Cluster Survey. We have analysed the light profiles of 200 early-type dwarf galaxies in the magnitude range 16.0<m_F814W_<22.6mag, corresponding to -19.0<M_F814W_<-12.4mag. Nuclear star clusters are detected in 80 percent of the galaxies, thus doubling the sample of HST-observed early-type dwarf galaxies with nuclear star clusters. We confirm that the nuclear star cluster detection fraction decreases strongly towards faint magnitudes. The luminosities of nuclear star clusters do not scale linearly with host galaxy luminosity. A linear fit yields L_nuc_~L_gal_^0.57^+/-0.05. The nuclear star cluster-host galaxy luminosity scaling relation for low-mass early-type dwarf galaxies is consistent with formation by globular cluster (GC) accretion. We find that at similar luminosities, galaxies with higher Sersic indices have slightly more luminous nuclear star clusters. Rounder galaxies have on average more luminous clusters. Some of the nuclear star clusters are resolved, despite the distance of Coma. We argue that the relation between nuclear star cluster mass and size is consistent with both formation by GC accretion and in situ formation. Our data are consistent with GC inspiralling being the dominant mechanism at low masses, although the observed trend with Sersic index suggests that in situ star formation is an important second-order effect.
1604. HST/ACS observations and SFH of Antlia B
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/888/31
Title:
HST/ACS observations and SFH of Antlia B
Short Name:
J/ApJ/888/31
Date:
25 Oct 2021 10:03:38
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
A census of the satellite population around dwarf galaxy primary hosts in environments outside the Local Group is essential to understanding {Lambda} cold dark matter galaxy formation and evolution on the smallest scales. We present deep optical Hubble Space Telescope imaging of the gas-rich, faint dwarf galaxy Antlia B (M_V_=-9.4) --a likely satellite of NGC 3109 (D=1.3Mpc)-- discovered as part of our ongoing survey of primary host galaxies similar to the Magellanic Clouds. We derive a new tip of the red giant branch distance of D=1.35+/-0.06Mpc (m-M=25.65+/-0.10), consistent with membership in the nearby NGC 3109 dwarf association. The color-magnitude diagram (CMD) shows both a prominent old, metal-poor stellar component and confirms a small population of young, blue stars with ages <~1Gyr. We use the CMD fitting algorithm MATCH to derive the star formation history (SFH) and find that it is consistent with the typical dwarf irregular or transitional dwarf galaxy (dTrans) in the Local Group. Antlia B shows relatively constant stellar mass growth for the first ~10-11Gyr and almost no growth in the last ~2-3Gyr. Despite being gas-rich, Antlia B shows no evidence of active star formation (i.e., no H{alpha} emission) and should therefore be classified as a dTrans dwarf. Both Antlia B and the Antlia dwarf (dTrans) are likely satellites of NGC3109, suggesting that the cessation of ongoing star formation in these galaxies may be environmentally driven. Future work studying the gas kinematics and distribution in Antlia B will explore this scenario in greater detail. Our work highlights the fact that detailed studies of nearby dwarf galaxies in a variety of environments may continue to shed light on the processes that drive the SFH and evolution of dwarf galaxies more generally.
1605. HST/ACS one-year observations of M51 stars
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/864/111
Title:
HST/ACS one-year observations of M51 stars
Short Name:
J/ApJ/864/111
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
Stellar photometric variability offers a novel probe of the interior structure and evolutionary state of stars. Here we present a census of stellar variability on day to decade timescales across the color-magnitude diagram (CMD) for 73000 stars brighter than M_I,814_=-5 in the Whirlpool Galaxy (M51). Our Cycle 24 Hubble Space Telescope (HST) program acquired V606- and I814-band images over 34 epochs spanning 1 year with pseudo-random cadences enabling sensitivity to periods from days to months. We supplement these data with archival V- and I-band HST data obtained in 1995 and 2005, providing sensitivity to variability on decade timescales. At least 50% of stars brighter than M_I,814_=-7 show strong evidence for variability within our Cycle 24 data; among stars with V_606_-I_814_>2 the variability fraction rises to ~100%. Large amplitude variability (>0.3mag) on decade timescales is restricted to red supergiants (RSGs) and very luminous blue stars. Both populations display fairly smooth variability on month-year timescales. The Cepheid instability strip is clearly visible in our data, although the variability fraction within this region never exceeds ~10%. The location of variable stars across the CMD broadly agrees with theoretical sources of variability, including the instability strip, RSG pulsational instabilities, long-period fundamental mode pulsations, and radiation-dominated envelopes in massive stars. Our data can be used to place stringent constraints on the precise onset of these various instabilities and their lifetimes and growth rates.
1606. HST/ACS photometry of KKH22 and KKH34
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/638/A111
Title:
HST/ACS photometry of KKH22 and KKH34
Short Name:
J/A+A/638/A111
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present observations with the Advanced Camera for Surveys on the Hubble Space Telescope of the nearby dwarf spheroidal galaxy KKH 22 = LEDA 2807114 in the vicinity of massive spiral galaxy IC 342. We derived its distance of 3.12+/-0.19Mpc using the Tip of Red Giant Branch method. We also use the 6-m BTA spectroscopy to measure a heliocentric radial velocity of globular cluster in KKH 22 to be +30+/-10km/s. The dSph galaxy KKH 22 has the V-band absolute magnitude of -12.19mag and the central surface brightness {mu}_v,0_=24.1mag/arcsec^2^. Both the velocity and the distance of KKH 22 are consistent with the dSph galaxy being gravitationally bound to IC 342. Another nearby dIr galaxy, KKH 34, with a low heliocentric velocity of +106km/s has the TRGB distance of 7.28+/-0.36Mpc residing in the background respect to the IC 342 group. KKH 34 has surprisinly high negative peculiar velocity of -236+/-26km/s.
1607. HST/ACS VI data of M31 globular clusters
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/507/1375
Title:
HST/ACS VI data of M31 globular clusters
Short Name:
J/A+A/507/1375
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
With the aim of increasing the sample of M31 clusters for which a colour-magnitude diagram is available, we searched the HST archive for ACS images containing objects included in the Revised Bologna Catalogue of M31 globular clusters (RBC Version 3.5 available at: http://www.bo.astro.it/M31). Sixty-three such objects were found. We used the ACS images to confirm or revise their classification and were able to obtain useful CMDs for 11 old globular clusters and 6 luminous young clusters. We obtained simultaneous estimates of the distance, reddening, and metallicity of old clusters by comparing their observed field-decontaminated CMDs with a grid of template clusters of the Milky Way. We estimated the age of the young clusters by fitting with theoretical isochrones.
1608. HST and UV photometry of NGC 6822
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/132/378
Title:
HST and UV photometry of NGC 6822
Short Name:
J/AJ/132/378
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 and STIS imaging of the low-metallicity galaxy NGC 6822, performed as part of a study of the young stellar populations in the galaxies of the Local Group. Eleven WFPC2 pointings, with some overlap, cover two regions extending over 19 and 13arcmin^2^, respectively, off the galaxy center. The filters used are F170W, F255W, F336W, F439W, and F555W. One 25x25 field observed with the STIS FUV- and NUV-MAMA includes Hodge's OB 8 association and the HII region Hubble V, contained in field 1 of Bianchi et al. (2001, Cat. <J/AJ/121/2020>); this previous study provides additional WFPC2 four-band photometry. We derive the physical parameters of the stars in the fields and the extinction by comparing the photometry to grids of model magnitudes.
1609. HST BVI catalogue of star clusters in 5 HCGs
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/449/2937
Title:
HST BVI catalogue of star clusters in 5 HCGs
Short Name:
J/MNRAS/449/2937
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We present a photometric catalogue of star cluster candidates in Hickson compact groups (HCGs) 7, 31, 42, 59, and 92, based on observations with the Advanced Camera for Surveys and the Wide Field Camera 3 on the Hubble Space Telescope. The catalogue contains precise cluster positions (right ascension and declination), magnitudes, and colours in the BVI filters. The number of detected sources ranges from 2200 to 5600 per group, from which we construct the high-confidence sample by applying a number of criteria designed to reduce foreground and background contaminants. Furthermore, the high-confidence cluster candidates for each of the 16 galaxies in our sample are split into two subpopulations: one that may contain young star clusters and one that is dominated by globular older clusters. The ratio of young star cluster to globular cluster candidates varies from group to group, from equal numbers to the extreme of HCG 31 which has a ratio of 8 to 1, due to a recent starburst induced by interactions in the group. We find that the number of blue clusters with M_V_<-9 correlates well with the current star formation rate in an individual galaxy, while the number of globular cluster candidates with M_V_<-7.8 correlates well (though with large scatter) with the stellar mass. Analyses of the high-confidence sample presented in this paper show that star clusters can be successfully used to infer the gross star formation history of the host groups and therefore determine their placement in a proposed evolutionary sequence for compact galaxy groups.
1610. HST CFRS and LDSS redshift surveys. I.
ID:
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/499/112
Title:
HST CFRS and LDSS redshift surveys. I.
Short Name:
J/ApJ/499/112
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
We analyze Hubble Space Telescope images of a complete sample of 341 galaxies drawn from the Canada-France Redhsift Survey (CFRS) and Low-Dispersion Survey Spectrograph (LDSS) ground-based redshift surveys. In this, the first paper in the series, each galaxy has been morphologically classified according to a scheme similar to that developed for the Medium Deep Survey. We discuss the reproducibility of these classifications and quantify possible biases that may arise from various redshift-dependent effects. We then discuss automated classifications of the sample and conclude, from several tests, that we can expect an apparent migration with redshift to later Hubble types that corresponds to a misclassification in our adopted machine classification system of ~24%+/-11 of the true "spirals" as "peculiars" at a redshift z~=0.9. After allowing for such biases, the redshift distribution for normal spirals, together with their luminosity function derived as a function of redshift, indicates approximately 1mag of luminosity evolution in B_AB_ by z~=1. The elliptical sample is too small for precise evolutionary constraints. However, we find a substantial increase in the proportion of galaxies with irregular morphology at large redshift from 9%+/-3% for 0.3<=z<=0.5 to 32%+/-12% for 0.7<=z<=0.9. These galaxies also appear to be the dominant cause of the rapid rise with redshift in the blue luminosity density identified in the redshift surveys. Although galaxies with irregular morphology may well comprise a mixture of different physical systems and might not correspond to present-day irregulars, it is clear that the apparently declining abundance and luminosities of our distant "irregulars" holds an important key to understanding recent evolution in the star formation history of normal galaxies.