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D=1.9 Mpc的一个独特的孤立矮球状星系

A unique isolated dwarf spheroidal galaxy at D=1.9 Mpc

Dmitry Makarov, Lidia Makarova, Margarita Sharina, Roman Uklein, Anton Tikhonov, Puragra Guhathakurta, Evan Kirby, Natalya Terekhova

摘要:

我们提出了一个独特的孤立附近dSph星系KKR 25的光度和光谱研究。用HST/WFPC 2将该星系分解为包括老红巨星分支和红团的恒星。我们建立了一个解析的恒星星族模型,并测量了恒星形成率和金属丰度随时间的变化。主要的恒星形成活动期发生在12.6至13.7 Gyr前。这些恒星大多是贫金属的,平均金属丰度[Fe/H]为\sim -1到1.6 dex。大约60%的恒星质量是在这一事件中形成的。有迹象表明KKR 25在1至4 Gyr之间有中等年龄的恒星形成,这些恒星没有明显的金属富集迹象。使用俄罗斯6米望远镜进行了长缝光谱学观测,观测了银河系中的星光和明亮的单个物体。我们在KKR 25中发现了一个行星状星云(PN)。这是第一个已知的PN在矮球状星系以外的本星系群。测得其氧丰度为12+log(O/H)=7.60+-0.07dex,径向速度Vh=-79km/s。我们分析了星系体中的恒星密度分布。该星系有一个指数表面亮度剖面,中央有一个光凹陷。我们讨论了KKR 25的演化状态,它属于一类罕见的非常孤立的矮星系的球状形态。

英文摘要:

We present a photometric and spectroscopic study of the unique isolated nearby dSph galaxy KKR25. The galaxy was resolved into stars with HST/WFPC2 including old red giant branch and red clump. We have constructed a model of the resolved stellar populations and measured the star formation rate and metallicity as function of time. The main star formation activity period occurred about 12.6 to 13.7 Gyr ago. These stars are mostly metal-poor, with a mean metallicity [Fe/H]\sim -1 to -1.6 dex. About 60 per cent of the total stellar mass was formed during this event. There are indications of intermediate age star formation in KKR25 between 1 and 4 Gyr with no significant signs of metal enrichment for these stars. Long-slit spectroscopy was carried out using the Russian 6-m telescope of the integrated starlight and bright individual objects in the galaxy. We have discovered a planetary nebula (PN) in KKR25. This is the first known PN in a dwarf spheroidal galaxy outside the Local Group. We have measured its oxygen abundance 12+log(O/H)=7.60+-0.07 dex and a radial velocity Vh=-79 km/s. We have analysed the stellar density distribution in the galaxy body. The galaxy has an exponential surface brightness profile with a central light depression. We discuss the evolutionary status of KKR25, which belongs to a rare class of very isolated dwarf galaxies with spheroidal morphology.

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