- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/875/77
- Title:
- Proper motions of MW satellites with Gaia & DES
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/875/77
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present a new, probabilistic method for determining the systemic proper motions of Milky Way (MW) ultra-faint satellites in the Dark Energy Survey (DES). We utilize the superb photometry from the first public data release (DR1) of the DES to select candidate members and cross-match them with the proper motions from the Gaia DR2. We model the candidate members with a mixture model (satellite and MW) in spatial and proper motion space. This method does not require prior knowledge of satellite membership and can successfully determine the tangential motion of 13 DES satellites. With our method, we present measurements of the following satellites: Columba I, Eridanus III, Grus II, Phoenix II, Pictor I, Reticulum III, and Tucana IV. This is the first systemic proper motion measurement for several of these satellites, and the majority lack extensive spectroscopic follow-up studies. We compare these to the predictions of Large Magellanic Cloud satellites and the vast polar structure. With the high-precision DES photometry, we conclude that most of the newly identified member stars are very metal-poor ([Fe/H]<=-2), similar to other ultra-faint dwarf galaxies, while Reticulum III is likely more metal-rich. We also find potential members in the following satellites that might indicate their overall proper motion: Cetus II, Kim 2, and Horologium II. However, due to the small number of members in each satellite, spectroscopic follow-up observations are necessary to determine the systemic proper motion in these satellites.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/502/91
- Title:
- Proper motions of stars near SgrA*
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/502/91
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We used multi-epoch adaptive optics assisted near-infrared observations of the central parsec of the Galaxy obtained with NACO/CONICA at the ESO VLT. Stellar positions were measured via PSF fitting in the individual images and transformed into a common reference frame via suitable sets of reference stars. We measured the proper motions of more than 6000 stars within about 1pc projected distance of the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A*. The table contains for each measured star its projected distance from Sagittarius A*, its offsets in right ascension and declination from Sagittarius A* along with the corresponding uncertainties, its proper motion and the corresponding uncertainty in right ascension and declination, the Ks-band magnitude and the corresponding uncertainty, and its classification as early type in case such a classification exists.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/556/A144
- Title:
- Proper motions of young stars in Chamaeleon
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/556/A144
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the results of a search for new candidate members of the Chamaeleon I and II star forming regions based on proper motions and multiwavelength photometry. Kinematic candidate members are initially selected in an area of 3 degrees around each cloud on the basis of proper motions and colours using the UCAC4 catalogue. The SEDs of the objects are constructed using photometry retrieved from the Virtual Observatory and other resources, and fitted to models of stellar photospheres in order to derive effective temperatures, gravity values and luminosities. Masses and ages are estimated by comparison with theoretical evolutionary tracks in a Hertzprung-Russell diagram. Objects with ages <=20Myr are selected as probable members of the moving groups. The properties of our candidates are compared with those of the previously known members of the clouds.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/107/2240
- Title:
- Proper motion stars survey. XII.
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/107/2240
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report new photometry and radial velocities for almost 500 stars from the Lowell Proper Motion Catalog. We combine these results with our prior sample and rederive stellar temperatures based on the photometry, reddening, metallicities (using Chi^2 matching of our 22,500 low S/N high resolution echelle spectra with a grid of synthetic spectra), distances, space motions, and Galactic orbital parameters for 1269 (kinematics) and 1261 (metallicity) of the 1464 stars in the complete survey. The frequency of spectroscopic binaries for the metal-poor ([m/H]<=-1.2) stars with periods shorter than 3000 days is at least 15%. The spectroscopic binary frequency for metal-rich stars ([m/H]>-0.5) appears to be lower, about 9%, but this may be a selection effect. We also discuss special classes of stars, including treatment of the double-lined spectroscopic binaries, and identification of subgiants. Four possible new members of the class of field blue stragglers are noted. We point out the detection of three possible new white dwarfs, six broad-lined (binary) systems, and discuss briefly the three already known nitrogen-rich halo dwarfs.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/V/28
- Title:
- Proper Motions, UBV Photometry, Four Open Clusters
- Short Name:
- V/28
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Proper motions were determined for 2169 stars with limiting magnitude B = 16.5 mag and located within a 60x60' area centered at RA = 23h54.2min, Dec = 60deg57arcmin (1950.0). Three plate pairs with a mean epoch difference of 49 years were used. The first epoch plates were taken with the Tashkent normal astrograph during 1923-1925 and the second epoch plates with the Pulkovo normal astrograph. The proper motions have a mean error +/-0.0030 arcsec (B < 14.5 mag) and +/-0.0036 arcsec (B > 14.5 mag) and were measured relative to reference stars with 13.5 mag <= B <= 14.5 mag. Photographic UBV magnitudes were measured using Sandages photoelectric standards. The U, B and V magnitudes were determined for 1930, 2165 and 1734 stars respectively, with the corresponding mean errors +/-0.03 mag, +/-0.06 mag and +/-0.05 mag. In the measured area there are three known open clusters (NGC 7788, NGC 7790 and Berkeley 58) and a previously unknown open cluster, discovered by the author, centered at RA =23 h 54.9 min, Dec = 61 deg 21 arcmin (1950.0). The cluster members were selected on the basis of the proper motion (vector diagram) and photometric (V ~ B-V and U-B ~ B-V) criteria. Stars within areas with 4 arcmin radii centered on NGC 7788 and NGC 7790 and 6 arcmin radii centered on Berkeley 58 and the anonymous cluster were investigated for cluster membership. The method of reduction of the observational data and the results obtained have been published in Izv. Pulkovo 195, 80, 1977 and 196, 69, 1979.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/I/203
- Title:
- Proper Motions, UBV-Phot. & Spectral Class Region 7092
- Short Name:
- I/203
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- A catalogue of positions, proper motions and photographic UBV-magnitudes for 7931 stars in and around the open cluster NGC 7092 (M39) is presented. The Catalogue is complete down to B=16.0m and covers an area with diameter of ~110'. The spectral types are provided for 511 stars generally brighter than B=13.0m. For convenience, basic cross-identifications are also included. Refer to the file "intro.txt" for full details about the catalogue.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/PASJ/62/91
- Title:
- Proper motions with Subaru. II.
- Short Name:
- J/PASJ/62/91
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We search for stars with proper motions in a set of deep Subaru images, covering about 0.48 square degrees to a depth of i'~=26, taken over a span of five and a half years. We follow the methods described in Richmond et al. (2009, Cat. J/PASJ/61/97) to reduce and analyze this dataset. We present a sample of 69 stars with motions of high significance, and discuss briefly the populations from which they are likely drawn. Based on photometry and motions alone, we expect that 14 of the candidates may be white dwarfs. Our candidate with the largest proper motion is surprisingly faint and likely to prove interesting: its colors and motions suggest that it might be an M dwarf moving at over 500km/s or an L dwarf in the halo.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/PASJ/61/97
- Title:
- Proper motions with Subaru SDF
- Short Name:
- J/PASJ/61/97
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We search for stars with proper motions in a set of twenty deep Subaru images, covering about 0.28 square degrees to a depth of i'~25, taken over a span of six years. In this paper, we describe in detail our reduction and techniques to identify moving objects. We present a first sample of 99 stars with motions of high significance, and discuss briefly the populations from which they are likely drawn. Based on photometry and motions alone, we expect that 9 of the candidates may be white dwarfs. We also find a group of stars which may be extremely metal-poor subdwarfs in the halo.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/130/873
- Title:
- Properties of BQS objects in the SDSS DR3 area
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/130/873
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We investigate the extent to which the Palomar-Green (PG) Bright Quasar Survey (BQS) is complete and representative of the general quasar population by comparing it with imaging and spectroscopy from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/154/196
- Title:
- Properties of comet 49P/Arend-Rigaux, 1984-2012
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/154/196
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We analyzed images of comet 49P/Arend-Rigaux on 33 nights between 2012 January and May and obtained R-band lightcurves of the nucleus. Through usual phasing of the data, we found a double-peaked lightcurve having a synodic rotation period of 13.450+/-0.005 hr. Similarly, phase dispersion minimization and the Lomb-Scargle method both revealed rotation periods of 13.452 hr. Throughout the 2011/2012 apparition, the rotation period was found to increase by a small amount, consistent with a retrograde rotation of the nucleus. We also reanalyzed the publicly available data from the 1984/1985 apparition by applying the same techniques, finding a rotation period of 13.45+/-0.01 hr. Based on these findings, we show that the change in rotation period is less than 14 s per apparition. Furthermore, the amplitudes of the lightcurves from the two apparitions are comparable, to within reasonable errors, even though the viewing geometries differ, implying that we are seeing the comet at a similar sub-Earth latitude. We detected the presence of a short-term jet-like feature in 2012 March, which appears to have been created by a short-duration burst of activity on March 15. Production rates obtained in 2004/2005, along with reanalysis of the previous results from 1984/1985, imply a strong seasonal effect and a very steep fall-off after perihelion. This, in turn, implies that a single source region, rather than leakage from the entire nucleus, dominates activity.