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DISCOVERY OF NEW DWARF GALAXY NEAR THE ISOLATED SPIRAL GALAXY NGC 6503
Description
We report the discovery of a new dwarf galaxy (NGC6503-d1) during the Subaru extended ultraviolet (XUV) disk survey. It is a likely companion of the spiral galaxy NGC6503. The resolved images, in B, V, R, i, and Halpha, show an irregular appearance due to bright stars with underlying, smooth and unresolved stellar emission. It is classified as the transition type (dIrr/dSph). Its structural properties are similar to those of the dwarfs in the Local Group, with a V absolute magnitude ~ -10.5, half-light radius ~400 pc, and central surface brightness ~25.2. Despite the low stellar surface brightness environment, one HII region was detected, though its Halpha luminosity is low, indicating an absence of any appreciable O-stars at the current epoch. The presence of multiple stellar populations is indicated by the color-magnitude diagram of ~300 bright resolved stars and the total colors of the dwarf, with the majority of its total stellar mass ~4x10^6 Msun in an old stellar population.
Published in ApJL (ApJ, 802, L24). 7 pages, 4 figures
Journal
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- The Astrophysical Journal
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The Astrophysical Journal 802 (2), L24-, 2015-04-02
American Astronomical Society
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Keywords
- Astrofísica
- Suprime-cam
- Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
- 52
- Lambda-CDM
- Bright satellites
- FOS: Physical sciences
- Milky-way
- Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
- 520
- Stellar evolution
- Clusters
- Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
- Calibration
- Local group
- Star-formation
- [PHYS.ASTR] Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]
- [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]
- Disk galaxies
- Astrophysics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1360567184420645504
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- ISSN
- 20418213
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- HANDLE
- 20.500.14352/24008
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- Article Type
- journal article
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- Data Source
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- Crossref
- KAKEN
- OpenAIRE