Variable stars have been identified for the first time in the very metal-poor Blue Compact dwarf galaxy IZw18, using deep multi-band (F606W, F814W)time-series photometry obtained with the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) on board the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). We detected 34 candidate variable stars in the galaxy. We classify three of them as Classical Cepheids, with periods of 8.71, 125.0 and 130.3 days, respectively, and other two as long period variables with periodicities longer than a hundred days. These are the lowest metallicity Classical Cepheids known so far, thus providing the opportunity to explore and fit models of stellar pulsation fo Classical Cepheids at previously inaccessible metallicities. The period distribution of the confirmed Cepheids is markedly different from what is seen in other nearby galaxies, which is likely related to the star bursting nature of IZw18. By applying to the 8.71 days Cepheid theoretical Wesenheit (V,I) relations based on new pulsation models of Classical Cepheids specifically computed for the extremely low metallicity of this galaxy (Z=0.0004, Y=0.24), we estimate the distance modulus of IZw18 to be mu_0= 31.4pm0.2 D=19.0^{+1.8}_{-1.7}Mpc) for canonical models of Classical Cepheids, and of 31.2pm0.2 mag (D=17.4^{+1.6}_{-1.6}Mpc) using over luminous models. The theoretical modeling of the star's light curves provides mu_0=31.4pm0.1 mag, D=19.0^{+0.9}_{-0.9} Mpc, in good agreement with the results from the theoretical Wesenheit relations. These pulsation distances bracket the distance of 18.2pm1.5Mpc inferred by Aloisi et al. (2007) using the galaxy's Red Giant Branch Tip.
Photometric Metallicities for 367,324 stars of Omega Centauri
Institute for Frontiers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Beijing Normal University(北京师范大学前沿天体物理研究所);School of Physics and Astronomy, Beijing Normal University(北京师范大学物理与天文学院);Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Notre Dame(圣母大学物理与天文系);Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics – Center for the Evolution of the Elements (JINA-CEE)(核天体物理联合中心——元素演化中心)
Multi-Epoch Stability in the Rotational Modulation of the Planetary-Mass Companion Ross 458C
AURA for the European Space Agency (ESA), ESA Office, Space Telescope Science Institute(欧洲空间局(ESA)办公室,太空望远镜科学研究所);Johns Hopkins University(约翰斯·霍普金斯大学);Centro de Astrobiología, CSIC-INTA(西班牙国家航空航天技术研究所/天文生物中心);University of Central Florida(中佛罗里达大学);Bay Area Environmental Research Institute(湾区环境研究所);NASA Ames Research Center(美国国家航空航天局艾姆斯研究中心);University of Rochester(罗切斯特大学);University of Virginia(弗吉尼亚大学);The University of Arizona(亚利桑那大学)
A joint JWST and HST view of Omega Centauri: Multiple stellar populations and their kinematics
Univ. di Padova(帕多瓦大学);Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica - Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova(意大利国家天体物理研究所-帕多瓦天文台);Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Australian National University(澳大利亚国立大学天文与天体物理研究学院)
The Expanding Nebular Remnant of the Recurrent Nova RS Ophiuchi (2006): II. Modeling of Combined Hubble Space Telescope Imaging and Ground-based Spectroscopy
The JWST Resolved Stellar Populations Early Release Science Program. IX. The RR Lyrae Population in WLM with HST and JWST
Minnesota Institute for Astrophysics, University of Minnesota(明尼苏达大学天体物理研究所);Department of Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley(加州大学伯克利分校天文学系);Space Telescope Science Institute(太空望远镜科学研究所);Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey(新泽西州立大学罗格斯大学物理与天文系)
HST astrometry in the 30 Doradus region: II. Runaway stars from new proper motions in the Large Magellanic Cloud
我们提出了一个目录的相对自行368,787恒星在30剑鱼座地区的大麦云(LMC),基于专门的两个历元的调查与哈勃太空望远镜(HST)和补充自行从我们的试点档案研究。我们证明,一个相对较短的3年的历元差是足以达到$\sim$ 0.1 mas yr $^{-1}$的精度水平或更好。一些恒星的相对自行超过了3 σ误差阈值,代表了银河系居民和17颗潜在的LMC失控恒星的混合物。基于183 VFTS OB-星的最佳自行,我们得出结论,他们没有一个移动速度超过$\sim$ 0.3 mas yr $^{-1}$在每个坐标-相当于$\sim$ 70 km s $^{-1}$。在剩下的351颗自行精度较低的VFTS恒星中,只有一颗候选OB逃逸星可以被识别。我们排除任何OB星在我们的样本中移动的切向速度超过$\sim$ 120公里秒$^{-1}$。这项研究最重要的结果是发现了10颗质量范围很广的恒星,它们似乎是从大质量星团R136的切平面上从$35^{\prime\prime}$到$407^{\prime\prime}$的角距离上被弹射出来的,相当于8-98 pc。这些失控的切向速度似乎与视星等相关,表明可能依赖于恒星质量。
Roaring Storms in the Planetary-Mass Companion VHS 1256-1257 b: Hubble Space Telescope Multi-epoch Monitoring Reveals Vigorous Evolution in an Ultra-cool Atmosphere
A stellar census in globular clusters with MUSE -- Extending the CaT-metallicity relation below the horizontal branch and applying it to multiple populations
目的。我们使用超过30,000红巨星分支(RGB)恒星的光谱在25个球状星团(GC),在银河系球状星团的MUSE调查中获得的,校准钙II三重态(CaT)的金属丰度关系,并获得所有个别恒星的金属丰度。我们调查的整体金属丰度分布,以及每个集群内的不同人群。方法. Ca II三重态在8498、8542和8662 AA处的近红外线在光谱类型介于F和M之间的恒星中可见,可以用来确定它们的金属丰度。在这项工作中,我们校准的关系,使用平均集群金属丰度从文献和MUSE光谱,并将其扩展到水平分支以下-传统上是为了避免非线性关系的截止-使用二次函数。除了基于V-VHB的经典关系外,我们还提出了基于绝对星等和光度的校准。然后使用所获得的关系来计算样本中所有恒星的金属丰度,并推导出一个星团内不同种群的金属丰度分布,这些种群已使用基于HST测光的所谓“染色体图”进行分离。结果我们发现,尽管相对较低的光谱分辨率的MUSE(R=1900-3700),我们可以得到单星金属丰度的平均统计内集群的不确定性为~0.12 dex。我们目前的金属丰度分布的RGB恒星在25 GC,并调查不同的金属丰度的人口P3(和更高)在所谓的金属络合物或II型集群,发现金属丰度的变化,在所有这些。我们还在I型星团NGC 2808中发现了意想不到的金属丰度变化,并确认了NGC 7078的II型状态。
A Uniform Census of Variable Stars in M101 Based on HST/ACS Photometry
CAS Key Laboratory of Optical Astronomy, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院国家天文台光学天文重点实验室);School of Astronomy and Space Science, University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院大学天文与空间科学学院);Institute for Frontiers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Beijing Normal University(北京师范大学天文与前沿科学研究中心)