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螺旋星系和S0星系的球状星团系统:NGC1023、NGC1055、NGC7332和NGC7339的WIYN成像结果

Globular Cluster Systems of Spiral and S0 Galaxies: Results from WIYN Imaging of NGC1023, NGC1055, NGC7332 and NGC7339

Michael D. Young, Jessica L. Dowell, Katherine L. Rhode

摘要:

我们目前的研究结果的球状星团(GC)系统的四个螺旋和S 0星系成像的一部分,正在进行的广视野调查的GC系统的巨大星系。目标星系-SB 0星系NGC 1023,SBb星系NGC 1055,以及由Sbc星系NGC 7339和S 0星系NGC 7332组成的孤立对-用WIYN 3.5米望远镜和Minimosaic相机在BVR滤波器中观察。对于其中两个星系,我们将WIYN成像与哈勃太空望远镜和凯克天文台先前公布的数据相结合,以帮助描述中心几千秒差距的GC分布。我们确定每个星系GC系统的径向分布(GC的表面密度与投影半径),并使用它来计算GC的总数(N_GC)。我们发现NGC 1023、NGC 1055、NGC 7332和NGC 7339的N_GC分别为490+/-30,210 +/-40,175 +/-15,75 +/-10。我们还计算了GC比频率(N_GC由宿主星系光度或质量归一化),并找到典型的其他螺旋星系和E/S 0星系的调查。这两个透镜状星系有足够数量的GC候选者,我们可以对GC颜色分布中的双峰性进行统计检验。我们在高置信水平(>95%)下发现了NGC 1023 GC系统B-R分布中两个种群的证据。我们发现较弱的证据双峰(>81%置信度)的GC颜色分布的NGC 7332。最后,我们确定了8个GC候选者,可能与麦哲伦矮星系NGC 1023 A,NGC 1023的卫星。

英文摘要:

We present results from a study of the globular cluster (GC) systems of four spiral and S0 galaxies imaged as part of an ongoing wide-field survey of the GC systems of giant galaxies. The target galaxies -- the SB0 galaxy NGC1023, the SBb galaxy NGC1055, and an isolated pair comprised of the Sbc galaxy NGC7339 and the S0 galaxy NGC7332 -- were observed in BVR filters with the WIYN 3.5-m telescope and Minimosaic camera. For two of the galaxies, we combined the WIYN imaging with previously-published data from the Hubble Space Telescope and the Keck Observatory to help characterize the GC distribution in the central few kiloparsecs. We determine the radial distribution (surface density of GCs versus projected radius) of each galaxy's GC system and use it to calculate the total number of GCs (N_GC). We find N_GC = 490+/-30, 210+/-40, 175+/-15, and 75+/-10 for NGC1023, NGC1055, NGC7332, and NGC7339, respectively. We also calculate the GC specific frequency (N_GC normalized by host galaxy luminosity or mass) and find values typical of those of the other spiral and E/S0 galaxies in the survey. The two lenticular galaxies have sufficient numbers of GC candidates for us to perform statistical tests for bimodality in the GC color distributions. We find evidence at a high confidence level (>95%) for two populations in the B-R distribution of the GC system of NGC1023. We find weaker evidence for bimodality (>81% confidence) in the GC color distribution of NGC7332. Finally, we identify eight GC candidates that may be associated with the Magellanic dwarf galaxy NGC1023A, a satellite of NGC1023.

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