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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/246/54
- Title:
- Late-type giants in Baade's window
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/246/54
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Radial velocities have been measured for an unbiased sample of 239 late-type M giants in the b=-4{deg} galactic bulge window (Baade's window). The radial velocities were acquired at the AAT Observatory.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/425/489
- Title:
- Late-type stars in the inner Milky Way
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/425/489
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of a narrow-band infrared imaging survey of a narrow strip (12' wide) around the Galactic equator between 6{deg} and 21{deg} of galactic longitude aimed at detecting field stars with strong CO absorption, mainly late-type giants and supergiants. Our observations include follow-up low resolution spectroscopy (R=980) of 191 selected candidates in the H and K bands.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/PASP/111/1169
- Title:
- Late-type stars toward galactic antirotation
- Short Name:
- J/PASP/111/1169
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Low-resolution objective-prism spectra (1360{AA}/mm at H{gamma}) of 184 late-type stars in the Galactic antirotation direction have been obtained with the Curtis Schmidt telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory. The stars have been classified into three groups: F6-G2, G3-K0, and K1-M8. Subsequent observations on the BV and DDO systems have been obtained. The correlation between the thin-prism classes and the DDO classes is as expected, with no significant systematic differences of note. A comparison of Guide Star Catalog magnitudes, corrected to V, is also made, with favorable results. The stars in this list are expected to be useful for studying the structure and star formation history of the Milky Way.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/317/801
- Title:
- LBDS Hercules sample griJHK photometry
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/317/801
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The results are presented of an extensive programme of optical and infrared imaging of radio sources in a complete subsample of the Leiden-Berkeley Deep Survey. The LBDS Hercules sample consists of 72 sources observed at 1.4GHz, with flux densities S_1.4_>=1.0mJy, in a 1.2deg^2^ region of Hercules. This sample is almost completely identified in the g, r, i and K bands, with some additional data available at J and H. The magnitude distributions peak at r~22mag, K~6mag and extend down to r~26mag, K~21mag. The K-band magnitude distributions for the radio galaxies and quasars are compared with those of other radio surveys. At S_1.4GHz_<~1Jy, the K-band distribution does not change significantly with radio flux density. The sources span a broad range of colours, with several being extremely red (r-K>~6). Though small, this is the most optically complete sample of mJy radio sources available at 1.4GHz, and is ideally suited for studying the evolution of the radio luminosity function out to high redshifts.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/809/42
- Title:
- LC and RV data of PTFO 8-8695 T-Tauri star
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/809/42
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present Spitzer 4.5{mu}m light curve observations, Keck NIRSPEC radial velocity observations, and LCOGT optical light curve observations of PTFO 8-8695, which may host a Jupiter-sized planet in a very short orbital period (0.45 days). Previous work by van Eyken et al. (2012ApJ...755...42V) and Barnes et al. (2013ApJ...774...53B) predicts that the stellar rotation axis and the planetary orbital plane should precess with a period of 300-600 days. As a consequence, the observed transits should change shape and depth, disappear, and reappear with the precession. Our observations indicate the long-term presence of the transit events (>3 years), and that the transits indeed do change depth, disappear and reappear. The Spitzer observations and the NIRSPEC radial velocity observations (with contemporaneous LCOGT optical light curve data) are consistent with the predicted transit times and depths for the M*=0.34M_{sun}_ precession model and demonstrate the disappearance of the transits. An LCOGT optical light curve shows that the transits do reappear approximately 1 year later. The observed transits occur at the times predicted by a straight-forward propagation of the transit ephemeris. The precession model correctly predicts the depth and time of the Spitzer transit and the lack of a transit at the time of the NIRSPEC radial velocity observations. However, the precession model predicts the return of the transits approximately 1 month later than observed by LCOGT. Overall, the data are suggestive that the planetary interpretation of the observed transit events may indeed be correct, but the precession model and data are currently insufficient to confirm firmly the planetary status of PTFO 8-8695b.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/699/1742
- Title:
- LCID project. I. Cetus and Tucana variables
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/699/1742
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the first study of the variable star populations in the isolated dwarf spheroidal galaxies (dSphs) Cetus and Tucana. Based on Hubble Space Telescope images obtained with the Advanced Camera for Surveys in the F475W and F814W bands, we identified 180 and 371 variables in Cetus and Tucana, respectively. The vast majority are RR Lyrae stars. In Cetus, we also found three anomalous Cepheids (ACs), four candidate binaries and one candidate long-period variable (LPV), while six ACs and seven LPV candidates were found in Tucana. Of the RR Lyrae stars, 147 were identified as fundamental mode (RRab) and only eight as first-overtone mode (RRc) in Cetus, with mean periods of 0.614 and 0.363 day, respectively. In Tucana, we found 216 RRab and 82 RRc giving mean periods of 0.604 and 0.353 day. These values place both galaxies in the so-called Oosterhoff Gap, as is generally the case for dSph. We found numerous RR Lyrae variables pulsating in both modes simultaneously (RRd): 17 in Cetus and 60 in Tucana. We provide the photometry and pulsation parameters for all the variables, and compare the latter with values from the literature for well studied dSph of the Local Group and Galactic globular clusters. The parallel WFPC2 fields were also searched for variables, as they lie well within the tidal radius of Cetus, and at its limit in the case of Tucana. No variables were found in the latter, while 15 were discovered in the outer field of Cetus (11 RRab, three RRc, and one RRd), even though the lower signal-to-noise ratio of the observations did not allow us to measure their periods accurately. We provide their coordinates and approximate properties for completeness.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/712/1259
- Title:
- LCID project. II. Variables in IC1613
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/712/1259
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of a new search for variable stars in the Local Group (LG) isolated dwarf galaxy IC 1613, based on 24 orbits of F475W and F814W photometry from the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) on board the Hubble Space Telescope. We detected 259 candidate variables in this field, of which only 13 (all of them bright Cepheids) were previously known. Out of the confirmed variables, we found 90 RR Lyrae stars, 49 classical Cepheids (including 36 new discoveries), and 38 eclipsing binary stars for which we could determine a period. The RR Lyrae include 61 fundamental (RRab) and 24 first-overtone (FO, RRc) pulsators, and five pulsating in both modes simultaneously (RRd). As for the majority of LG dwarfs, the mean periods of the RRab and RRc (0.611 and 0.334 days, respectively) as well as the fraction of overtone pulsators (f_c_=0.28) place this galaxy in the intermediate regime between the Oosterhoff types. From their position on the period-luminosity diagram and light-curve morphology, we can unambiguously classify 25 and 14 Cepheids as fundamental and FO mode pulsators, respectively. Another two are clearly second-overtone Cepheids, the first ones to be discovered beyond the Magellanic Clouds. Among the remaining candidate variables, five were classified as {delta}-Scuti and five as long-period variables. Most of the others are located on the main sequence, the majority of them likely eclipsing binary systems, although some present variations similar to pulsating stars.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/432/3047
- Title:
- LCID project VIII. Cepheids of Leo A
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/432/3047
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of a new search for variable stars in the Local Group dwarf galaxy Leo A, based on deep photometry from the Advanced Camera for Surveys onboard the Hubble Space Telescope. We detected 166 bona fide variables in our field, of which about 60% are new discoveries and 33 candidate variables. Of the confirmed variables, we found 156 Cepheids, but only 10 RR Lyrae stars despite nearly 100percent completeness at the magnitude of the horizontal branch. The RR Lyrae stars include seven fundamental and three first-overtone pulsators, with mean periods of 0.636 and 0.366d, respectively. From their position on the period-luminosity (PL) diagram and light-curve morphology, we classify 91, 58 and 4 Cepheids as fundamental, first-overtone and second-overtone mode Classical Cepheids (CC), respectively, and two as Population II Cepheids. However, due to the low metallicity of Leo A, about 90percent of the detected Cepheids have periods shorter than 1.5d. Comparison with theoretical models indicate that some of the fainter stars classified as CC could be Anomalous Cepheids. We estimate the distance to Leo A using the tip of the red giant branch (TRGB) and various methods based on the photometric and pulsational properties of the Cepheids and RR Lyrae stars. The distances obtained with the TRGB and RR Lyrae stars agree well with each other while that from the Cepheid PL relations is somewhat larger, which may indicate a mild metallicity effect on the luminosity of the short-period Cepheids. Due to its very low metallicity, Leo A thus serves as a valuable calibrator of the metallicity dependences of the variable star luminosities.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/793/126
- Title:
- L204 - Cloud 3 polarimetry and photometry
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/793/126
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The L204 dark cloud complex is a nearby filamentary structure in Ophiuchus North that has no signs of active star formation. Past studies show that L204 is interacting with the nearby runaway O star, {zeta} Oph, and hosts a magnetic field that is coherent across parsec-length scales. Near-infrared H-band (1.6 {mu}m) linear polarization measurements were obtained for 3896 background stars across a 1{deg}x1.5{deg} region centered on the dense Cloud 3 in L204, using the Mimir near-infrared instrument on the 1.8 m Perkins Telescope. Analysis of these observations reveals both large-scale properties and small-scale changes in the magnetic field direction in Cloud 3. In the northern and western {zeta} Oph facing regions of the cloud, the magnetic field appears to be pushed up against the face of the cloud. This may indicate that the UV flux from {zeta} Oph has compressed the magnetic field on the western edge of L204. The plane-of-sky magnetic field strength is estimated to be ~11-26 {mu}G using the Chandrasekhar-Fermi method. The polarimetry data also reveal that the polarization efficiency (PE {equiv} P_H_/A_V_) steadily decreases with distance from {zeta} Oph (-0.09%+/-0.03%/mag/pc). Additionally, power-law fits of PE versus A_V_ for localized samples of probe stars show steeper negative indices with distance from {zeta} Oph. Both findings highlight the importance of external illumination, here from {zeta} Oph, in aligning dust grains to embedded magnetic fields.
