- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/153/115
- Title:
- VLT/SINFONI observations of MIPSGAL "bubbles"
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/153/115
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present Very Large Telescope/Spectrograph for INtegral Field Observations in the Near Infrared H- and K-band spectra of potential central stars within the inner 8"-by-8" regions of 55 MIPSGAL "bubbles" (MBs), sub-arcminute circumstellar shells discovered in the mid-IR survey of the Galactic plane with Spitzer/MIPS. At magnitudes brighter than 15, we detect a total of 230 stars in the K band and 179 stars in the H band. We spectrally identify 145 stars in all but three MBs, with average magnitudes of 13.8 and 12.7 respectively, using spectral libraries and previous studies of near-IR stellar spectra. We also use tabulated intrinsic stellar magnitudes and colors to derive distances and extinction values, and to better constrain the classifications of the stars. We reliably identify the central sources for 21 of the 55 MBs, which we classify as follows: one Wolf-Rayet, three luminous blue variable candidates, four early-type (O to F), and 15 late-type (G to M) stars. The 21 central sources are, on average, one magnitude fainter than these in the most recent study of MBs, and we notice a significant drop in the fraction of massive star candidates. For the 34 remaining MBs in our sample, we are unable to identify the central sources due to confusion, low spectroscopic signal-to-noise ratio, and/or lack of detections in the images near the centers of the bubbles. We discuss how our findings compare with previous studies and support the trend, for the most part, between the shells' morphologies in the mid-IR and central sources spectral types.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/141/44
- Title:
- V396 Mon BVRI light curves
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/141/44
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- This paper analyzes the first obtained four-color light curves of V396 Mon using the 2003 version of the W-D code. It is confirmed that V396 Mon is a shallow W-type contact binary system with a mass ratio q=2.554(+/-0.004) and a degree of contact factor f=18.9%(+/-1.2%). A period investigation based on all available data shows that the period of the system includes a long-term decrease (dP/dt=-8.57x10^-8^days/yr) and an oscillation (A3=0.0160day, T3=42.4yr). They are caused by angular momentum loss and light-time effect, respectively. The suspect third body is possibly a small M-type star (about 0.31 solar mass).
3483. V960 Mon light curves
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/582/L12
- Title:
- V960 Mon light curves
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/582/L12
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We monitored the recent FUor 2MASS J06593158-0405277 (V960 Mon) since November 2009 at various observatories and multiple wavelengths. After the outburst by nearly 2.9mag in r around September 2014 the brightness gently fades until April 2015 by nearly 1mag in U and 0.5mag in z. Thereafter the brightness at {lambda}>5000{AA} was constant until June 2015 while the shortest wavelengths (U,B) indicate a new rise, similar to that seen for the FUor V2493 Cyg (HBC722). Our near-infrared (NIR) monitoring between December 2014 and April 2015 shows a smaller outburst amplitude (~2mag) and a smaller (0.2-0.3mag) post-outburst brightness decline. Optical and NIR color-magnitude diagrams indicate that the brightness decline is caused by growing extinction. The post-outburst light curves are modulated by an oscillating color-neutral pattern with a period of about 17 days and an amplitude declining from ~0.08mag in October 2014 to ~0.04mag in May 2015. The properties of the oscillating pattern lead us to suggest the presence of a close binary with eccentric orbit.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/815/4
- Title:
- V899 Mon long-term monitoring
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/815/4
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a detailed study of V899 Mon (a new member in the FUors/EXors family of young low-mass stars undergoing outburst), based on our long-term monitoring of the source starting from 2009 November to 2015 April. Our optical and near-infrared photometric and spectroscopic monitoring recorded the source transitioning from its first outburst to a short-duration quiescence phase (<1yr), and then returning to a second outburst. We report here the evolution of the outflows from the inner region of the disk as the accretion rate evolved in various epochs. Our high-resolution (R~37000) optical spectrum could resolve interesting clumpy structures in the outflow traced by various lines. Change in far-infrared flux was also detected between two outburst epochs. Based on our observations, we constrained various stellar and envelope parameters of V899 Mon, as well as the kinematics of its accretion and outflow. The photometric and spectroscopic properties of this source fall between classical FUors and EXors. Our investigation of V899 Mon hints at instability associated with magnetospheric accretion being the physical cause of the sudden short-duration pause of the outburst in 2011. It is also a good candidate to explain similar short-duration pauses in outbursts of some other FUors/EXors sources.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/889/148
- Title:
- V346 Nor IJHKs photometry & IR spectra
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/889/148
- Date:
- 17 Jan 2022 11:51:03
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- FU Orionis-type objects (FUors) are young low-mass stars undergoing powerful accretion outbursts. The increased accretion is often accompanied by collimated jets and energetic, large-scale molecular outflows. The extra heating during the outburst may also induce detectable geometrical, chemical, and mineralogical changes in the circumstellar material, affecting possible planet formation around these objects. V346 Nor is a southern FUor with peculiar spectral characteristics. Decades after the beginning of its outburst, it unexpectedly underwent a fading event around 2010 due to a decrease in the mass accretion rate onto the star by at least two orders of magnitude. Here we present optical and near-infrared photometry and spectroscopy obtained after the minimum. Our light curves show a gradual re-brightening of V346 Nor, with its Ks-band brightness only 1.5mag below the outburst brightness level. Our Very Large Telescope (VLT)/XSHOOTER spectroscopic observations display several strong forbidden emission lines toward the source from various metals and molecular hydrogen, suggesting the launch of a new jet. Our N-band spectrum obtained with VLT/VISIR outlines a deeper silicate absorption feature than before, indicating that the geometry of the circumstellar medium has changed in the post-outburst period compared to peak brightness.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/161/42
- Title:
- Volume-limited sample of cool dwarfs. I. L0-T8 dwarfs
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/161/42
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a new volume-limited sample of L0-T8 dwarfs out to 25pc defined entirely by parallaxes, using our recent measurements from UKIRT/WFCAM along with Gaia DR2 and literature parallaxes. With 369 members, our sample is the largest parallax-defined volume-limited sample of L and T dwarfs to date, yielding the most precise space densities for such objects. We find the local L0-T8 dwarf population includes 5.5%{+/-}1.2% young objects (<~200Myr) and 2.6%{+/-}1.6% subdwarfs, as expected from recent studies favoring representative ages <~4Gyr for the ultracool field population. This is also the first volume-limited sample to comprehensively map the transition from L to T dwarfs (spectral types ~L8-T4). After removing binaries, we identify a previously unrecognized, statistically significant (>4.4{sigma}) gap ~0.5mag wide in (J-K)_MKO_ colors in the L/T transition, i.e., a lack of such objects in our volume-limited sample, implying a rapid phase of atmospheric evolution. In contrast, the most successful models of the L/T transition to date-the "hybrid" models of Saumon & Marley-predict a pileup of objects at the same colors where we find a deficit, demonstrating the challenge of modeling the atmospheres of cooling brown dwarfs. Our sample illustrates the insights to come from even larger parallax-selected samples from the upcoming Legacy Survey of Space and Time by the Vera Rubin Obsevatory.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/778/116
- Title:
- V1647 Ori long-term optical & NIR observations
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/778/116
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a detailed study of McNeil's nebula (V1647 Ori) in its ongoing outburst phase starting from 2008 September to 2013 March. Our 124 nights of photometric observations were carried out in optical V, R, I, and near-infrared J, H, K bands, and 59 nights of medium-resolution spectroscopic observations were done in the 5200-9000{AA} wavelength range. All observations were carried out with the 2m Himalayan Chandra Telescope and 2m IUCAA Girawali Telescope. Our observations show that over the past four and a half years, V1647 Ori and region C near the Herbig-Haro object HH 22A have been undergoing a slow dimming at a rate of ~0.04mag/yr and ~0.05mag/yr, respectively, in R band, which is six times slower than the rate during a similar stage of V1647 Ori in the 2003 outburst. We detected change in flux distribution over the reflection nebula, implying changes in circumstellar matter distribution between the 2003 and 2008 outbursts. Apart from steady wind of velocity ~350km/s, we detected two episodic magnetic reconnection driven winds. Forbidden [OI]{lambda}6300 and [FeII]{lambda}7155 lines were also detected, implying shock regions probably from jets. We tried to explain the outburst timescales of V1647 Ori using the standard models of the FUors kind of outburst and found that pure thermal instability models like Bell and Lin cannot explain the variations in timescales. In the framework of various instability models we conclude that one possible reason for the sudden ending of the 2003 outburst in 2005 November was a low-density region or gap in the inner region (~1AU) of the disk.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/511/A63
- Title:
- V1118 Ori UBVRIJHK outburst light curves
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/511/A63
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The accretion history of low-mass young stars is not smooth but shows spikes of accretion that can last from months and years to decades and centuries. Observations of young stars in outbursts can help us understand the temporal evolution of accreting stars and the interplay between the accretion disk and the stellar magnetosphere. The young late-type star V1118 Orionis was in outburst from 2005 to 2006. We followed the outburst with optical and near-infrared photometry. The X-ray emission was further probed with observations taken with XMM-Newton and Chandra during and after the outburst. In addition, we obtained mid-infrared photometry and spectroscopy with Spitzer at the peak of the outburst and in the post-outburst phase. The spectral energy distribution of V1118 Ori varied significantly over the course of the outburst. The optical flux showed the largest variations, most likely caused by enhanced emission by a hot spot. The hot spot dominated the optical and near-infrared emission at the peak of the outburst, while the disk emission dominated in the mid-infrared. The emission silicate feature in V1118 Ori is flat and does not vary in shape, but was slightly brighter at the peak of the outburst compared to the post-outburst spectrum. The X-ray flux correlated with the optical and infrared fluxes, indicating that accretion affected the magnetically active corona and the stellar magnetosphere. The thermal structure of the corona was variable with some indication of a cooling of the coronal temperature in the early phase of the outburst with a gradual return to normal values. Color-color diagrams in the optical and infrared showed variations during the outburst, with no obvious signature of reddening caused by circumstellar matter. Using Monte-Carlo realizations of star+disk+hotspot models to fit the spectral energy distributions in "quiescence" and at the peak of the outburst, we determined that the mass accretion rate varied from about 2.5x10^-7^M_{sun}_/yr to 1.0x10^-6^M_{sun}_/yr; in addition, the fractional area of the hotspot increased significantly. The multi-wavelength study of the V1118 Ori outburst helped us to understand the variations in spectral energy distributions and demonstrated the interplay between the disk and the stellar magnetosphere in a young, strongly accreting star.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/161/102
- Title:
- VPDs and CMDs of Berkeley32, Berkeley98 and King23
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/161/102
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Using the photometric and kinematical data from Gaia Data Release 2, three old open clusters namely Berkeley32 (Be32), Berkeley98 (Be98), and King23 are investigated. The latter two of these clusters are poorly studied in the literature. The numbers of the most probable cluster members are 563, 260, and 114 for Be32, Be98, and King23, respectively, with membership probabilities higher than 80% and lying within the clusters limiting radii. Mean proper motions (PMs; {mu}_{alpha}_cos_{delta}_ and {mu}_{delta}_) of the clusters are determined as (-0.34{+/-}0.008, -1.60{+/-}0.006), (-1.34{+/-}0.007, -3.22{+/-}0.008), and (-0.46{+/-}0.009, -0.87{+/-}0.012)mas/yr. The errors mentioned in the PMs are the Gaussian fitting errors. The blue straggler stars (BSS) in all three old clusters were found to exhibit centralized radial distribution. The clusters' radii are determined as 9.4', 12.95', and 6.6' for Be32, Be98, and King23 using radial density profiles. Ages of the clusters determined by isochrone fitting are 4.90{+/-}0.22, 3.23{+/-}0.15, and 1.95{+/-}0.22Gyr. The errors given in the clusters ages are the internal errors. The mass function slopes are found to be flatter than Salpeter's value for all three clusters. All three clusters are found to be dynamically relaxed. Galactic orbits are derived for these clusters, which demonstrate that the studied clusters follow a circular path around the Galactic center.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/NewA/36.50
- Title:
- V873 Per BVR light curves
- Short Name:
- J/other/NewA/36.
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a photometric study of a weak-contact binary V873 Per. New observations in BVR filter bands showed asymmetric light curves to be a negative type of the O'Connell effect, which can be described by magnetic activity of a cool spot on the more massive component. Our photometric solutions showed that V873 Per is a W-type with a mass ratio of q=2.504(+/-0.0029), confirming the results of Samec et al. (2009IBVS.5901....1S). The derived contact degree was found to be f=18.10%(+/-1.36%). Moreover, our analysis found the cyclic variation with the period of about 4yr that could be due to existence of the third companion in the system or the mechanism of magnetic activity cycle in the binary. While available data indicated that the long-term orbital period tends to be stable rather than decreasing.
