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仙女座两个矮球状体X和XVII的深度光度学观测

A Deep Photometric Look at Two of Andromeda's Dwarf Spheroidals: X and XVII

Crystal Brasseur, Hans-Walter Rix, Nicolas F. Martin, Mike Irwin, Annette M. Ferguson, Alan W. McConnachie, Jelte de Jong

摘要:

我们使用大双目照相机的深宽视场测光来研究最近发现的仙女座X和仙女座XVII(和X和和XVII)矮星系的恒星和结构特性。使用水平分支(HB)的平均视星等,我们得到了621 +- 20 kpc到And X和734+- 23 kpc到And XVII的距离,比以前基于红巨星分支(RGB)观测的估计更接近60 kpc。因此,我们的研究结果保证反对使用RGB提示方法来确定与人口稀少的RGB系统的距离,并显示如何至关重要的HB观测在获得准确的距离系统,如这些。我们发现And X是一个相对较暗(MV = -7.36)、高度拉长(e = 0.48)的星系,距离仙女座星系174 ± 62 kpc。XVII更亮(MV = -8.61),以M31为中心的距离为73 kpc,这使它成为距离仙女座最近的卫星之一。这两个星系都是贫金属的:我们得出And X的<[Fe/H]>=-2.2,而And XVII的<[Fe/H]> =-2.0,这与高光度矮星更富金属的关系相一致。此外,这两个星系都显示出相当大的内在金属丰度差异(And X和And XVII分别为0.2和0.3 dex),与多个恒星星族一致。

英文摘要:

We use deep wide-field photometry from the Large Binocular Camera to study the stellar and structural properties of the recently discovered Andromeda X and Andromeda XVII (And X and And XVII) dwarf galaxies. Using the mean apparent magnitude of the horizontal branch (HB), we derive distances of 621 +- 20 kpc to And X and 734+- 23 kpc to And XVII, closer by >60 kpc than the previous estimates which were based on red giant branch (RGB) observations. Thus our results warrant against the use of the RGB tip method for determining distances to systems with sparsely populated RGBs, and show how crucial HB observations are in obtaining accurate distances in systems such as these. We find that And X is a relatively faint (MV = -7.36), highly elongated (e = 0.48) system at a distance of 174 +- 62 kpc from Andromeda. And XVII is brighter (MV = -8.61) with an M31-centric distance of 73 kpc which makes it one of the closest satellites to Andromeda. Both galaxies are metal-poor: we derive <[Fe/H]>=-2.2 for And X, while And XVII shows <[Fe/H]> = -2.0, consistent with the relation of higher luminosity dwarfs being more metal- rich. Additionally, both galaxies show considerable intrinsic spreads in metallicity (0.2 and 0.3 dex for And X and And XVII respectively), consistent with multiple stellar populations.

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