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神秘的(几乎)黑暗的星系后发座P:距离测量和来自HST成像的恒星星族

The Enigmatic (Almost) Dark Galaxy Coma P: Distance Measurement and Stellar Populations from HST Imaging

Samantha W. Brunker, Kristen B. W. McQuinn, John J. Salzer, John M. Cannon, Steven Janowiecki, Lukas Leisman, Katherine L. Rhode, Elizabeth A. K. Adams, Catheri… 展开作者

Samantha W. Brunker, Kristen B. W. McQuinn, John J. Salzer, John M. Cannon, Steven Janowiecki, Lukas Leisman, Katherine L. Rhode, Elizabeth A. K. Adams, Catherine Ball, Andrew E. Dolphin, Riccardo Giovanelli, Martha P. Haynes

摘要:

我们介绍了哈勃太空望远镜(HST)对低表面亮度(SB)星系Coma P的观测。该系统首次在阿雷西博遗产快速ALFA HI调查中被发现,并被编目为(几乎)黑暗星系,因为它在可用的调查数据中没有表现出任何明显的光学对应物(例如,Sloan Digital Sky Survey)。随后的WIYN pODI成像揭示了位于HI探测中心的超低SB恒星组件。我们使用的HST图像产生一个深的颜色星等图(CMD)的解决恒星星族目前后发座P。我们清楚地检测到一个红色的恒星序列,我们解释为红巨星分支,并用它来推断一个尖端的红巨星分支(TRGB)的距离为5.50 $^{+0.28}_{-0.53}$兆秒差距。新的距离大大低于先前的估计,表明后发座P是一个极端的矮星系。我们推导出的恒星质量只有4.3 $\times$ 10 $^5$ $M_\odot$,这意味着后发座P有一个极端的HI与恒星的质量比为81。我们提出了一个详细的分析后发座P所在的星系环境。我们假设后发座P形成于一个局部的空隙中,并且在低密度的环境中度过了它的大部分生命期。随着时间的推移,位于空洞壁中的星系的引力将其移动到边缘,在那里它最近与M64进行了“飞越”。我们调查了后发座P在更远距离的可能性,并得出结论,现有数据最适合5.5 Mpc的距离。

英文摘要:

We present Hubble Space Telescope (HST) observations of the low surface brightness (SB) galaxy Coma P. This system was first discovered in the Arecibo Legacy Fast ALFA HI survey and was cataloged as an (almost) dark galaxy because it did not exhibit any obvious optical counterpart in the available survey data (e.g., Sloan Digital Sky Survey). Subsequent WIYN pODI imaging revealed an ultra-low SB stellar component located at the center of the HI detection. We use the HST images to produce a deep color-magnitude diagram (CMD) of the resolved stellar population present in Coma P. We clearly detect a red stellar sequence that we interpret to be a red giant branch, and use it to infer a tip of the red giant branch (TRGB) distance of 5.50$^{+0.28}_{-0.53}$ Mpc. The new distance is substantially lower than earlier estimates and shows that Coma P is an extreme dwarf galaxy. Our derived stellar mass is only 4.3 $\times$ 10$^5$ $M_\odot$, meaning that Coma P has an extreme HI-to-stellar mass ratio of 81. We present a detailed analysis of the galaxy environment within which Coma P resides. We hypothesize that Coma P formed within a local void and has spent most of its lifetime in a low-density environment. Over time, the gravitational attraction of the galaxies located in the void wall has moved it to the edge, where it had a recent "fly-by" interaction with M64. We investigate the possibility that Coma P is at a farther distance and conclude that the available data are best fit by a distance of 5.5 Mpc.

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