We present near-infrared imaging and spectroscopic observations of the HII region N159A (~10pc) in the giant star-forming region N159 (50pc) in the LMC. N159A was observed in the J and Ks bands at high spatial resolution ~0.2" using the ESO Very Large Telescope UT4 (VLT), equipped with the NAOS adaptative optics system. Our data reveal the morphology of this region in unprecedented detail. The protostar P2, one of the first YSOs of Class I identified in the LMC is now resolved in two YSO candidates. The ultracompact HII region LI-LMC 1501W is found to be a tight cluster embedded in a compact HII region ionised by a late O source. A new multiple system composed of a tight star cluster and an YSO candidate, all embedded in compact nebular region (0.4pc) is also detected at the north-east edge of N159A. The stellar population of the whole N159A region appears composed of two main stellar populations, one with an age <3Myr and the other one with a large range of age (300Myr-10Gyr). Using spectroscopy, one of the two exciting O stars in the HII region N159A is classified O5-O6.
We identify the rich carbon star population of the Magellanic-type dwarf irregular galaxy WLM (Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte) and study its photometric properties from deep near-IR observations. The galaxy also exhibits a clear presence of oxygen-rich population. We derive a carbon to M-star ratio of C/M=0.56+/-0.12, relatively high in comparison with many galaxies. The spatial distribution of the AGB stars in WLM hints at the presence of two stellar complexes with a size of a few hundred parsecs. Using the HI map of WLM and the derived gas-to-dust ratio for this galaxy N(HI)/E(B-V)=60+/-10[10^21^at/cm^2^/mag] we re-determined the distance modulus of WLM from the IR photometry of four known Cepheids, obtaining (m-M)0=24.84+/-0.14mag. In addition, we determine the scale length of 0.75+/-0.14kpc of WLM disk in the J-band.
JK infrared photometry for the bulge globular cluster NGC 6553, combined with high resolution visual VI observations are presented and discussed in connection with the bulge metal rich population. The infrared data were taken with IRAC2 at ESO 2.2m telescope while the optical counterparts are from Hubble Space Telescope (HST). We find a mean magnitude for the horizontal branch of V_HB_=16.92, and K_HB_=12.42+/-0.01. Assuming a reddening of E(B-V)=0.7, the mean distance modulus is (m-M)_0_=13.6 giving an heliocentric distance of 5.2Kpc. This distance is slightly higher than that previously published by Ortolani et al. (1990A&A...236..362O, hereafter OBB90). The brightest giants have been detected at K~6.5 and (V-K)=13.10 transforming to M_K_=-7.34 and (V-K)_0_=11.20, which are exceptionally high values for a globular cluster. The metallicity has been found to be consistent with previous values and an average of [Fe/H]=-0.22+/-0.05 has been adopted. The helium abundance estimated via the R' method yields Y_p_~0.28+/-0.03.
We derive the fundamental properties of 1SWASP J011351.29+314909.7 (J0113+31), a metal-poor (-0.40+/-0.04dex), eclipsing binary in an eccentric orbit (~0.3) with an orbital period of 14.277d. Eclipsing M dwarfs that orbit solar-type stars (EBLMs), like J0113+31, have been identified from their light curves and follow-up spectroscopy in the course of the WASP transiting planet search. We present the analysis of the first binary of the EBLM sample for which masses, radii and temperatures of both components are derived. The primary component with a mass of 0.945+/-0.045M_{sun}_ has a large radius (1.378+/-0.058R_{sun}_) indicating that the system is quite old, ~9.5Gyr. The M-dwarf secondary mass of 0.186+/-0.010M_{sun}_ and radius of 0.209+/-0.011R_{sun}_ are fully consistent with stellar evolutionary models. However, from the near-infrared secondary eclipse light curve, the M dwarf is found to have an effective temperature of 3922+/-42K, which is ~600K hotter than predicted by theoretical models. We present the WASP light curve, the optical follow-up light curves, the near-infrared light curve of the secondary eclipse, and the radial velocity measurements of J0113+31.
We use a deep near-infrared census of the young stellar cluster IC 348 to construct and analyze its luminosity function. Our mosaic image of IC 348 covers the full extent of the cluster with a completeness limit of J~19.5 and is therefore sensitive for 2Myr old cluster members with masses as low as M>=0.005M_{sun}_ or the mean extinction of the known cluster members (A_V_~3.5mag).
This catalogue contains stellar angular diameter estimate for bright stars, complete for all stars with Hipparcos parallaxes. The JMMC Calibrator Workgroup has long developed methods to estimate the angular diameter of stars, and provides this expertise in the SearchCal software (http://www.jmmc.fr/searchcal). "SearchCal" creates a dynamical catalogue of stars suitable to calibrate Optical Long-Baseline Interferometry (OLBI) observations from on-line queries of CDS catalogues, according to observational parameters. In essence, SearchCal is limited only by the completeness of the stellar catalogues it uses, and in particular is not limited in magnitude. SearchCal being an application centered on OLBI peculiar purposes, it appeared useful to publish the estimated angular diameters of all stars with known parallaxes in a static catalogue. The present catalogue of stellar angular diameters has been obtained from an automated SearchCal results aggregation on the whole celestial sphere. For each star, the value of the limb-darkened angular diameters are computed using a surface brightness method and calibrations for (B-V), (V-R) and (V-K) color indexes. Stars whose angular diameters estimated from the various color indexes are not comparable, are rejected, and a reliable error on the estimated diameter is computed (1). For details of the method see Bonneau et al. (2006A&A...456..789B). To avoid specific confusion problems, spectroscopic binaries in the 9th Catalogue of Spectroscopic Binary Orbits (Pourbaix et al., 2009, Cat. B/sb9) or close visual binaries with a separation of less than 2 arc seconds in the Washington Visual Double Star Catalog (Mason et al., 2001, Cat. B/wds) have been filtered out.
JMMC Stellar Diameters Catalogue - JSDC. Version 2
Short Name:
II/346
Date:
21 Oct 2021
Publisher:
CDS
Description:
This catalogue contains stellar angular diameter estimates for nearly all the stars of the Hipparcos and Tycho catalogue that have an associated spectral type in Simbad/CDS. The median error on the diameters is around 1.5%, with possible biases of around ~2%. For each object, the limb-darkened diameter retained is the mean value of several estimates performed using different couples of photometries. The chi-square representing the dispersion between these values is also given (it is below 2 for ~400000 stars). An additional flag signals stars that could represent a risk if chosen as calibrators for Optical Long-Baseline Interferometry, independently of the correctness of their apparent diameter estimate. This catalog replaces the catalog II/300/jsdc .
We present new Johnson and Stromgren photometric observations of the delta Scuti type variable star V784 Cassiopeae. The data were obtained in three consecutive years between 1999 and 2001. The bulk of the measurements was made at the Sierra Nevada Observatory (Spain) with the 0.9m telescope equipped with a four-channel spectrograph photometer. UBV data were taken with the 0.4m telescope of Szeged Observatory (Hungary).
The Javalambre Photometric Local Universe Survey (J-PLUS) has obtained precise photometry in twelve specially designed filters for large numbers of Galactic stars. Deriving their precise stellar atmospheric parameters and individual elemental abundances is crucial for studies of Galactic structure, and the assembly history and chemical evolution of our Galaxy. Our goal is to estimate not only stellar parameters (effective temperature, Teff, surface gravity, logg, and metallicity, [Fe/H]), but also [{alpha}/Fe] and four elemental abundances ([C/Fe], [N/Fe], [Mg/Fe], and [Ca/Fe]) using data from J-PLUS DR1. By combining recalibrated photometric data from J-PLUS DR1, Gaia DR2, and spectroscopic labels from LAMOST, we design and train a set of cost-sensitive neural networks, the CSNet, to learn the non-linear mapping from stellar colors to their labels. We have achieved precisions of {delta}Teff~55K, {delta}logg~0.15dex, and {delta}[Fe/H]~0.07dex, respectively, over a wide range of temperature, surface gravity, and metallicity. The uncertainties of the abundance estimates for [{alpha}/Fe] and the four individual elements are in the range 0.04-0.08 dex. We compare our parameter and abundance estimates with those from other spectroscopic catalogs such as APOGEE and GALAH, and find an overall good agreement. Conclusions. Our results demonstrate the potential of well-designed, high-quality photometric data for determinations of stellar parameters as well as individual elemental abundances. Applying the method to J-PLUS DR1, we have obtained the aforementioned parameters for about two million stars, providing an outstanding data set for chemo-dynamic analyses of the Milky Way.
