- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/141/99
- Title:
- BATC and SDSS photometry of A2589 cluster
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/141/99
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Smooth X-ray morphology and non-detection of a radio source at the center of A2589 indicate that it is a typical case of a well-relaxed regular galaxy cluster. In this paper, we present a multicolor photometry for A2589 (z=0.0414) with 15 intermediate bands in the Beijing-Arizona-Taiwan-Connecticut (BATC) system which covers an optical wavelength range from 3000{AA} to 10000{AA}. The spectral energy distributions (SEDs) for more than 5000 sources are achieved down to V~20mag in about a 1{deg}^2^ field. A2589 has also been covered by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) in photometric mode only. A cross-identification of the BATC-detected galaxies with the SDSS photometric catalog yields 1199 galaxies brighter than i=19.5mag, among which 68 member galaxies with known spectroscopic redshifts are found. After combining the SDSS five-band photometric data and the BATC SEDs, photometric redshift is applied to these galaxies to select faint member galaxies. The color-magnitude relation is taken as a further restriction of early-type cluster galaxies. As a result, 106 galaxies are newly selected as member galaxies.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/148/110
- Title:
- BATC ceimo light curves of 1ES 0806+52.4
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/148/110
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of the first systematic long-term multicolor optical monitoring of the BL Lacertae object 1ES 0806+52.4. The monitoring was performed in multiple passbands with a 60/90cm Schmidt telescope from 2005 December to 2011 February. The overall brightness of this object decreased from 2005 December to 2008 December but was regained after that. A sharp outburst probably occurred around the end of our monitoring program. Overlapping the long-term trend are some short-term small-amplitude oscillations. No intranight variability was found in the object, which is in accordance with the historical observations before 2005. By investigating the color behavior, we found a strong bluer-when-brighter chromatism for the long-term variability of 1ES 0806+52.4. The total amplitudes at the c, i, and o bands are 1.18, 1.12, and 1.02mag, respectively. The amplitudes tend to increase toward shorter wavelengths, which may be a major cause of the bluer-when-brighter chromatism. Such bluer-when-brighter chromatisms are also found in other blazars, such as S5 0716+714, OJ 287. The hard-X-ray data collected from the Swift/BAT archive was correlated with our optical data. No positive result was found, the reason for which may be that the hard-X-ray flux is a combination of the synchrotron and inverse Compton emission, but with different timescales and cadences under the leptonic synchrotron self-Compton model.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/II/262
- Title:
- BATC Data Release One - BATC DR1
- Short Name:
- II/262
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Multi-color photometry data of the project, "Large Field Multi-Color Sky Survey" supported by Beijing-Arizona-Taiwan-Connecticut (BATC) is presented. From 1995 to 2004, 110 58'x58' sky survey fields have been observed. First release of BATC catalog includes observation results for 511842 sources located in 70 sky survey fields. The whole release is divided into 70 files. Each file corresponds to one observation field. The BATC filter system includes 15 intermediate band filters, covering a range in optical wavelengths from 300 to 1000 nm. The telescope used is a 60/90 cm f/3 Schmidt telescope located at Xinglong Station of National Astronomical Observatories. A Ford Aerospace 2048x2048 CCD camera with 15 micron pixel size is mounted at the Schmidt focus of the telescope. The field of view of the CCD is 58'x58' with a plate scale of 1.7arcsec per pixel. The BATC magnitude system adopts the AB magnitude system, defining as M_batc_ = -2.5log(F_{nu}_) - 48.60 where F_{nu}_ is the flux per unit frequency in units of erg/s/cm^2^/Hz, and F_{nu}_={Sum}[d(log{nu})*f_{nu}_*R_{nu}_]/{Sum}[d(log{nu})*R_{nu}_] where R_{nu}_ represents the response of the system. Four Oke & Gunn (1983ApJ...266..713O) standards, HD 19445, HD 84937, BD+26 2606 and BD+17 4708 are observed in photometric nights for flux calibration. We provide catalogues down to i-band (666nm) about 20 mag with complete spectral energy distributions (SEDs) for each object. Typical error in photometry is about 0.02-0.05 mag. There is usually the deepest observation at i-band. Most of the catalogs use i-band data as their reference for coordinate calibration. While, "T0329","TA01" and "TA03" use j-band as reference. All colors in the "TA04" catalog have no photo calibration. For detailed information of the data reduction, please refer to: Zhou, X., Jiang, Z., Ma, J., et al. 2003, 2003A&A...397..361Z
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/RAA/10.1
- Title:
- BATC photometry in A98 cluster
- Short Name:
- J/other/RAA/10.1
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- An optical photometric observation with the Beijing-Arizona-Taiwan-Connecticut (BATC) multicolor system is carried out for A98 (z=0.104), a galaxy cluster with two large enhancements in X-ray surface brightness. Spectral energy distributions (SEDs) covering 15 intermediate bands are obtained for all sources detected down to V~20mag in a field of 58'x58'. After star-galaxy separation with color-color diagrams, a photometric redshift technique is applied to the galaxy sample for further membership determination. The color-magnitude relation is taken as a further restriction of the early-type cluster galaxies. As a result, a list of 198 faint member galaxies is achieved. Based
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/RAA/12.1381
- Title:
- BATC photometry on A119
- Short Name:
- J/other/RAA/12.1
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- This paper presents multicolor optical photometry of the nearby galaxy cluster Abell 119 (z=0.0442) with the Beijing-Arizona-Taiwan-Connecticut system of 15 intermediate bands. Within the BATC field of view of 58'x58', there are 368 galaxies with known spectroscopic redshifts, including 238 member galaxies (called sample I). Based on the spectral energy distributions of 1376 galaxies brighter than i_BATC_=19.5, the photometric redshift technique and the color-magnitude relation of early-type galaxies are applied to select faint member galaxies. As a result, 117 faint galaxies were selected as new member galaxies. Combined with sample I, an enlarged sample (called sample II) of 355 member galaxies is obtained. Spatial distribution and localized velocity structure for two samples demonstrate that A119 is a dynamically complex cluster with at least three prominent substructures in the central region within 1Mpc. A large velocity dispersion for the central clump indicates a merging along the line of sight. No significant evidence for morphology or luminosity segregations is found in either sample. With the PEGASE evolutionary synthesis model, the environmental effect on the properties of star formation is confirmed. Faint galaxies in the low-density region tend to have longer time scales of star formation, smaller mean stellar ages, and lower metallicities in their interstellar medium, which is in agreement with the context of the hierarchical cosmological scenario.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/448/2717
- Title:
- Bayesian analysis of resolved stellar spectra
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/448/2717
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We introduce a Bayesian method for fitting faint, resolved stellar spectra in order to obtain simultaneous estimates of redshift and stellar-atmospheric parameters. We apply the method to thousands of spectra - covering 5160-5280{AA} at resolution R~20000 - that we have acquired with the MMT/Hectochelle fibre spectrograph for red giant and horizontal branch candidates along the line of sight to the Milky Way's dwarf spheroidal satellite in Draco. The observed stars subtend an area of ~4deg^2^, extending ~3 times beyond Draco's nominal 'tidal' radius. For each spectrum, we tabulate the first four moments - central value, variance, skewness and kurtosis - of posterior probability distribution functions representing estimates of the following physical parameters: line-of-sight velocity (v_los_), effective temperature (T_eff_), surface gravity (logg) and metallicity ([Fe/H]). After rejecting low-quality measurements, we retain a new sample consisting of 2813 independent observations of 1565 unique stars, including 1879 observations for 631 stars with (as many as 13) repeat observations. Parameter estimates have median random errors of v_los_=0.88km/s, T_eff_=162K, {sigma}logg=0.37dex and {sigma}[Fe/H]=0.20dex. Our estimates of physical parameters distinguish ~470 likely Draco members from interlopers in the Galactic foreground.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/758/11
- Title:
- Bayesian distances to M31 satellites
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/758/11
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In "A Bayesian Approach to Locating the Red Giant Branch Tip Magnitude (Part I)," a new technique was introduced for obtaining distances using the tip of the red giant branch (TRGB) standard candle. Here we describe a useful complement to the technique with the potential to further reduce the uncertainty in our distance measurements by incorporating a matched-filter weighting scheme into the model likelihood calculations. In this scheme, stars are weighted according to their probability of being true object members. We then re-test our modified algorithm using random-realization artificial data to verify the validity of the generated posterior probability distributions (PPDs) and proceed to apply the algorithm to the satellite system of M31, culminating in a three-dimensional view of the system. Further to the distributions thus obtained, we apply a satellite-specific prior on the satellite distances to weight the resulting distance posterior distributions, based on the halo density profile. Thus in a single publication, using a single method, a comprehensive coverage of the distances to the companion galaxies of M31 is presented, encompassing the dwarf spheroidals Andromedas I-III, V, IX-XXVII, and XXX along with NGC 147, NGC 185, M33, and M31 itself. Of these, the distances to Andromedas XXIV-XXVII and Andromeda XXX have never before been derived using the TRGB. Object distances are determined from high-resolution tip magnitude posterior distributions generated using the Markov Chain Monte Carlo technique and associated sampling of these distributions to take into account uncertainties in foreground extinction and the absolute magnitude of the TRGB as well as photometric errors. The distance PPDs obtained for each object both with and without the aforementioned prior are made available to the reader in tabular form. The large object coverage takes advantage of the unprecedented size and photometric depth of the Pan-Andromeda Archaeological Survey.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/618/A81
- Title:
- Bayesian group finder applied to the 2MRS data
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/618/A81
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We propose a probabilistic galaxy group detection algorithm based on marked point processes with interactions. The pattern of galaxy groups in a catalogue is seen as a random set of interacting objects. The positions and the interactions of these objects are governed by a probability density. The parameters of the probability density are chosen using a priori knowledge. The estimator of the unknown cluster pattern is given by the configuration of objects maximising the proposed probability density. Adopting the Bayesian framework, the proposed probability density is maximised using a simulated annealing (SA) algorithm. At fixed temperature, the SA algorithm is a Monte Carlo sampler of the probability density. Hence, the method provides "for free" additional information such as the probabilities that a point or two points in the observation domain belong to the cluster pattern, respectively. These supplementary tools allow the construction of tests and techniques to validate and to refine the detection result. To test the feasibility of the proposed methodology, we applied it to the well-studied 2MASS Redshift Survey (2MRS) data set. Compared to previously published Friends-of-Friends (FoF) group finders, the proposed Bayesian group finder gives overall similar results. However, for specific applications, like the reconstruction of the local Universe, the details of the grouping algorithms are important.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/560/A78
- Title:
- B-Band catalog of sources in Abell 3376
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/560/A78
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The cluster Abell 3376 is a merging cluster of galaxies at redshift z=0.046. It is famous mostly for its giant radio arcs, and shows an elongated and highly substructured X-ray emission, but has not been analysed in detail at optical wavelengths. To improve our understanding of the effects of the major cluster merger on the galaxy properties, we analyse the galaxy luminosity function (GLF) in the B band in several regions as well as the dynamical properties of the substructures.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/453/1223
- Title:
- BCG high radio-frequency properties
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/453/1223
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We consider the high radio-frequency (15-353GHz) properties and variability of 35 brightest cluster galaxies (BCGs). These are the most core-dominated sources drawn from a parent sample of more than 700 X-ray selected clusters, thus allowing us to relate our results to the general population. We find that >=6.0 percent of our parent sample (>=15.1 percent if only cool-core clusters are considered) contain a radio source at 150GHz of at least 3mJy (~1x10^23^W/Hz at our median redshift of z~0.13). Furthermore, >=3.4 percent of the BCGs in our parent sample contain a peaked component (Gigahertz Peaked Spectrum, GPS) in their spectra that peaks above 2GHz, increasing to >=8.5 percent if only cool-core clusters are considered. We see little evidence for strong variability at 15GHz on short (week-month) time-scales although we see variations greater than 20 percent at 150GHz over six-month time frames for 4 of the 23 sources with multi-epoch observations. Much more prevalent is long-term (year-decade time-scale) variability, with average annual amplitude variations greater than 1 percent at 15GHz being commonplace. There is a weak trend towards higher variability as the peak of the GPS-like component occurs at higher frequency. We demonstrate the complexity that is seen in the radio spectra of BCGs and discuss the potentially significant implications of these high-peaking components for Sunyaev-Zel'dovich cluster searches.
