298 research outputs found
First DENIS I-band extragalactic catalog
This paper presents the first I-band photometric catalog of the brightest
galaxies extracted from the Deep Near Infrared Survey of the Southern Sky
(DENIS) An automatic galaxy recognition program has been developed to build
this provisional catalog. The method is based on a discriminating analysis. The
most discriminant parameter to separate galaxies from stars is proved to be the
peak intensity of an object divided by its array. Its efficiency is better than
99%. The nominal accuracy for galaxy coordinates calculated with the Guide Star
Catalog is about 6 arcseconds. The cross-identification with galaxies available
in the Lyon-Meudon Extragalactic DAtabase (LEDA) allows a calibraton of the
I-band photometry with the sample of Mathewson et Al. Thus, the catalog
contains total I-band magnitude, isophotal diameter, axis ratio, position angle
and a rough estimate of the morphological type code for 20260 galaxies. The
internal completeness of this catalog reaches magnitude , with a
photometric accuracy of . 25% of the Southern sky has been
processed in this study.
This quick look analysis allows us to start a radio and spectrographic
follow-up long before the end of the survey.Comment: 13 pages, 17 figures, to appear A&A Supl.
Groups of dwarf galaxies in the Local supercluster
We present a project on study of groups composed of dwarf galaxies only. We
selected such structures using HyperLEDA and NED databases with visual
inspection on SDSS images and on digital copy of POSS. The groups are
characterized by size of few tens of kpc and line-of-sight velocity dispersion
about 18 km/s. Our groups similar to associations of nearby dwarfs from Tully
et al. (2006). This specific population of multiple dwarf galaxies such as
IZw18 may contain significant amount of dark matter. It is very likely that we
see them at the stage just before merging of its components.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures; the proceedings of the conference "A Universe of
dwarf galaxies" (Lyon, June 14-18, 2010
Tidal streams around galaxies in the SDSS DR7 archive
Context. Models of hierarchical structure formation predict the accretion of
smaller satellite galaxies onto more massive systems and this process should be
accompanied by a disintegration of the smaller companions visible, e.g., in
tidal streams. Aims. In order to verify and quantify this scenario we have
developed a search strategy for low surface brightness tidal structures around
a sample of 474 galaxies using the Sloan Digital Sky Survey DR7 archive.
Methods. Calibrated images taken from the SDSS archive were processed in an
automated manner and visually inspected for possible tidal streams. Results. We
were able to extract structures at surface brightness levels ranging from \sim
24 down to 28 mag arcsec-2. A significant number of tidal streams was found and
measured. Their apparent length varies as they seem to be in different stages
of accretion. Conclusions. At least 6% of the galaxies show distinct stream
like features, a total of 19% show faint features. Several individual cases are
described and discussed.Comment: 15 pages, 21 figures. Accepted for publication in A&
Hubble Space Telescope Photometry of the Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy ESO 410-G005
We present HST WFPC2 imaging of the nearby low-surface-brightness dwarf
spheroidal galaxy ESO 410-G005, which has been resolved into stars for the
first time. The resulting color-magnitude diagram for about 2500 stars shows a
red giant branch branch with a tip at I=(22.4+-0.15), which yields a distance
of D=(1.9+-0.2) Mpc. ESO 410-G005 is found to be metal-poor with a mean
metallicity of (-1.8+-0.4) dex estimated from its red giant branch. Upper
asymptotic giant branch stars appear to be present near the center of the
galaxy, indicative of a substantial, centrally concentrated intermediate-age
population, unless these objects are artifacts of crowding. Previous studies
did not detect ESO 410-G005 in H alpha or in HI. ESO 410-G005 is a probable
member of the Sculptor group. Its linear separation from the nearest spiral,
NGC 55, is 230 kpc on the sky. The deprojected separation ranges from 340 to
615 kpc depending on the assumed distance of NGC 55. ESO 410 G005 appears to be
a relatively isolated dSph within the Sculptor group. Its absolute magnitude,
Mv = (-12.1+-0.2) mag, its central surface brightness, mu_V = (22.7+-0.1)
mag/arcsec^2, and its mean metallicity, [Fe/H] = (-1.8+-0.4) dex, follow the
trend observed for dwarf galaxies in the Local Group. (abridged)Comment: Accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 542 (Oct
20). 23 pages in AASTEX style, 9 figures, partially in gif format to save
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A new catalogue of ISM content of normal galaxies
We have compiled a catalogue of the gas content for a sample of 1916
galaxies, considered to be a fair representation of `normality'. The definition
of 'normal' galaxy adopted in this work implies that we have purposely excluded
from the catalogue galaxies having distorted morphology (such as interaction
bridges, tails or lopsidedness) and/or any signature of peculiar kinematics
(such as polar rings, counterrotating disks or other decoupled components). In
contrast, we have included systems hosting active galactic nuclei (AGN) in the
catalogue. This catalogue revises previous compendia on the ISM content of
galaxies, and compiles data available in the literature from several small
samples of galaxies. Masses for warm dust, atomic and molecular gas, as well as
X-ray luminosities have been converted to a uniform distance scale taken from
the Catalogue of Principal Galaxies (PGC). We have used two different
normalization factors to explore the variation of the gas content along the
Hubble sequence: the blue luminosity and the square of linear diameter. Our
catalogue significantly improves the statistics of previous reference
catalogues and can be used in future studies to define a template ISM content
for 'normal' galaxies along the Hubble sequence. The catalogue can be accessed
on-line at http://dipastro.pd.astro.it/galletta/ismcat/Comment: 12 pages. 4 figures, 6 tables - A&A accepte
Imaging of star clusters in unperturbed spiral galaxies with the Advanced Camera for Surveys. I. The low luminosity galaxy NGC 45
We present results from ACS and WFPC observations in the low luminosity
galaxy NGC 45. We identified 28 young star cluster candidates. While the exact
values of age, mass, and extinction depend somewhat on the choice of SSP
models, we find no young clusters with masses higher than a few 1000 Msun for
any model choice. We derive the luminosity function of young star clusters and
find a slope of alpha=-1.94+-0.28. We also identified 19 old globular clusters
and we estimate a specific frequency of globular clusters of S_N=1.4-1.9 which
is significantly higher than observed for other late-type galaxies (e.g. SMC,
LMC, M33). Most of these globular clusters appear to belong to a metal-poor
population, although they coincide spatially with the location of the bulge of
NGC 45.Comment: 16 pages,18 figures, accepted for publication in A&
Catalog of Nearby Isolated Galaxies in the Volume z<0.01
We present a catalog of 520 most isolated nearby galaxies with radial
velocities V_LG<3500 km/s covering the entire sky. This population of "space
orphans" makes up 4.8% among 10900 galaxies with measured radial velocities. We
describe the isolation criterion used to select our sample, called the "Local
Orphan Galaxies" (LOG), and discuss their basic optical and HI properties. A
half of the LOG catalog is occupied by the Sdm, Im and Ir morphological type
galaxies without a bulge. The median ratio M_gas/M_star in the LOG galaxies
exceeds 1. The distribution of the catalog galaxies on the sky looks uniform
with some signatures of a weak clustering on the scale of about 0.5 Mpc. The
LOG galaxies are located in the regions where the mean local density of matter
is approximately 50 times lower than the mean global density. We indicate a
number of LOG galaxies with distorted structures, which may be the consequence
of interaction of isolated galaxies with massive dark objects
NGC 3627: a galaxy-dwarf collision?
Group galaxies very often show distinct signs of interaction with both
companion galaxies and the intragroup medium. X-ray observations are
particularly helpful because they provide information on the temperatures and
the densities of the hot gas in galaxies and intergalactic space. This can put
important constraints on the nature and timescales of these interactions. We
use the XMM-Newton X-ray observations of NGC 3627 in the Leo Triplet galaxy
group to explain peculiar features visible in the polarized radio maps. We
analyzed soft X-ray (0.2-1 keV) emission from NGC 3627 to study the
distribution of the hot gas and its temperature in different areas of the
galaxy. Any change throughout the disk can reflect distortions visible in the
radio polarized emission. We also studied two bright point sources that are
probably tightly linked to the evolution of the galaxy. We find an increase in
the temperature of the hot gas in the area of the polarized radio ridge in the
western arm of the galaxy. In the eastern part of the disk we find two
ultra-luminous X-ray sources. We note a large hot gas temperature difference
(by a factor of 2) between the two bar ends. The polarized radio ridge in the
western arm of NGC 3627 is most likely formed by ram-pressure effects caused by
the movement of the galaxy through the intragroup medium. To explain the
distortions visible in the eastern part of the disk in polarized radio maps,
the asymmetry of the bar, and the distortion of the eastern arm, we propose a
recent collision of NGC 3627 with a dwarf companion galaxy.Comment: 8 pages, 6 figures, 5 tables. Accepted for publication in Astronomy
and Astrophysic
Tidal interaction vs. ram pressure stripping effects as seen in X-rays. Hot gas in group and cluster galaxies
The hot intracluster/intragroup medium (ICM/IGM) and a high galaxy density
can lead to perturbations of the galactic interstellar medium (ISM) due to ram
pressure and/or tidal interaction effects. In radio polarimetry observations,
both phenomena may manifest similar features. X-ray data can help to determine
the real origin of the perturbation. We analyse the distribution and physical
properties of the hot gas in the Virgo cluster spiral galaxies NGC 4254 and NGC
4569, which indicate that the cluster environment has had a significant
influence on their properties. By performing both spatial and spectral analyses
of X-ray data, we try to distinguish between two major phenomena: tidal and ram
pressure interactions. We compare our findings with the case of NGC 2276, in
which a shock was reported, by analysing XMM-Newton X-ray data for this galaxy.
We use archival XMM-Newton observations of NGC 4254, NGC 4569, and NGC 2276.
Maps of the soft diffuse emission in the energy band 0.2 - 1 keV are obtained.
For the three galaxies, especially at the position of magnetic field
enhancements we perform a spectral analysis to derive gas temperatures and thus
to look for shock signatures. A shock is a signature of ram pressure resulting
from supersonic velocities; weak tidal interactions are not expected to
influence the temperature of the ionized gas. In NGC 4254, we do not observe
any temperature increase. This suggests tidal interactions rather than ram
pressure stripping. In NGC 4569 the radio polarized ridge shows a higher
temperature, which may indicate ram-pressure effects. For NGC 2276, we do not
find clear indications of a shock. The main driver of the observed distortions
is most likely tidal interaction. Determining gas temperatures via sensitive
X-ray observations seems to be a good method for distinguishing between ram
pressure and tidal interaction effects acting upon a galaxy.Comment: 13 pages, 13 figures, 8 tables, Accepted for publication in Astronomy
and Astrophysic
A search for Low Surface Brightness galaxies in the near-infrared I. Selection of the sample
A sample of about 3,800 Low Surface Brightness (LSB) galaxies was selected
using the all-sky near-infrared (J, H and K_s-band) 2MASS survey. The selected
objects have a mean central surface brightness within a 5 arcsec radius around
their centre fainter than 18 mag/sq.arcsec in the K_s band, making them the
lowest surface brightness galaxies detected by 2MASS. A description is given of
the relevant properties of the 2MASS survey and the LSB galaxy selection
procedure, as well as of basic photometric properties of the selected objects.
The latter properties are compared to those of other samples of galaxies, of
both LSBs and `classical' high surface brightness (HSB) objects, which were
selected in the optical. The 2MASS LSBs have a (B_T_c)-(K_T) colour which is on
average 0.9 mag bluer than that of HSBs from the NGC. The 2MASS sample does not
appear to contain a significant population of red objects.Comment: accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics on 24/2/2003;
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