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关于NGC的HST大型方案6752. I.背景中偶然发现矮星系

The HST Large Programme on NGC 6752. I. Serendipitous discovery of a dwarf Galaxy in background

L. R. Bedin, M. Salaris, R. M. Rich, H. Richer, J. Anderson, D. Bettoni, D. Nardiello, A. P. Milone, A. F. Marino, M. Libralato, A. Bellini, A. Dieball, P. Berg… 展开作者

L. R. Bedin, M. Salaris, R. M. Rich, H. Richer, J. Anderson, D. Bettoni, D. Nardiello, A. P. Milone, A. F. Marino, M. Libralato, A. Bellini, A. Dieball, P. Bergeron, A. J. Burgasser, D. Apai

摘要:

作为大型哈勃太空望远镜调查的一部分,旨在达到银河系球状星团NGC 6752中最暗的恒星,ACS/WFC场是深度光学观测的对象,亮度达到V~30。在这一领域,我们报告了Bedin I的发现,这是一个矮球状星系,太暗,太靠近NGC 6752的核心,在早期的调查中无法检测到。由于完成本地宇宙中星系的普查具有广泛的意义,在这封信中,我们提供了这个新物体的位置以及对其主要参数的初步评估。假设与NGC 6752相同的变红,我们估计距离观测到的红巨星分支的距离模数为(m-M)_0 = 29.70 +/-0.13,即,8.7(+0.5-0.7)Mpc,尺寸约为840x340pc,约为LMC尺寸的1/5。将观测到的色星等图与考虑了星系距离模数、红化和光度误差的合成图进行比较,表明存在一个古老的(~13 Gyr)和贫金属([Fe/H]~-1.3)的星群。这个天体很可能是附近大螺旋星系NGC 6744的一个相对孤立的卫星矮椭球星系,或者可能是已知距离最远的孤立矮椭球星系。

英文摘要:

As part of a large Hubble Space Telescope investigation aiming at reaching the faintest stars in the Galactic globular cluster NGC 6752, an ACS/WFC field was the subject of deep optical observations reaching magnitudes as faint as V~30. In this field we report the discovery of Bedin I a dwarf spheroidal galaxy too faint and too close to the core of NGC 6752 for detection in earlier surveys. As it is of broad interest to complete the census of galaxies in the local Universe, in this Letter we provide the position of this new object along with preliminary assessments of its main param eters. Assuming the same reddening as for NGC 6752, we estimate a distance modulus of (m-M)_0 = 29.70+/-0.13 from the observed red giant branch, i.e., 8.7 (+0.5 -0.7) Mpc, and size of ~840x340pc, about 1/5 the size of the LMC. A comparison of the observed colour-magnitude diagram with synthetic counterparts that account for the galaxy distance modulus, reddening and photometric errors, suggests the presence of an old (~13Gyr) and metal poor ([Fe/H]~-1.3) population. This object is most likely a relatively isolated satellite dwarf spheroidal galaxy of the nearby great spiral NGC 6744, or potentially the most distant isolated dwarf spheroidal known with a secure distance.

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