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arXiv 2008.10213astro-ph.GA
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巨椭圆星系M87的距离及其恒星子系统的大小

The distance to the giant elliptical galaxy M87 and the size of its stellar subsystem

N. A. Tikhonov, O. A. Galazutdinova, G. M. Karataeva

摘要:

利用哈勃空间望远镜的档案图像,获得了室女星系团中巨大椭圆星系M87周围9个视场的恒星测光。由此产生的赫兹普龙-罗素图显示人口红巨星和AGB分支。红巨星分支(TRGB不连续)的尖端的位置被发现随银河系的距离而变化。这种变化可以解释为富含金属的红巨星对TRGB不连续测量过程的影响,或者解释为M87周围存在一个弱的气体和尘埃云,沿着银河系中心半径延伸到$10^\prime$,并在星系中心附近引起高达$0.^m2$的$I$带吸收。距离M87中心较远的TRGB恒星的平均距离模数为$(m-M) = 30.91\pm0.08$,相当于距离为$D=15.4\pm0.6$ Mpc。结果表明,位于M86和M87星系之间,角距为$37^\prime$和$40^\prime$的恒星不是星系际恒星,而是M87星系,即:这个星系的恒星晕可以在银河系中心距离190千秒差距处清楚地看到。测量了四个矮星系P4 anon,NGC 4486 A,VCCA 039和dSph-D 07的距离,它们的图像可以在研究的领域中看到。前三个星系都是M87的卫星星系,而dSph-D 07则位于更远的位置,是M86星系群的成员。

英文摘要:

Stellar photometry in nine fields around the giant elliptical galaxy M87 in the Virgo cluster is obtained from archival images of the Hubble Space Telescope. The resulting Hertzsprung--Russell diagrams show populated red-giant and AGB branches. The position of the tip of the red-giant branch (the TRGB discontinuity) is found to vary with galactocentric distance. This variation can be interpreted as the effect of metal-rich red giants on the procedure of the measurement of the TRGB discontinuity or as a consequence of the existence of a weak gas-and-dust cloud around M87 extending out to $10^\prime$ along the galactocentric radius and causing $I$-band absorption of up to $0.^m2$ near the center of the galaxy. The TRGB stars located far from the M87 center yield an average distance modulus of $(m-M) = 30.91\pm0.08$, which corresponds to the distance of $D=15.4\pm0.6$ Mpc. It is shown that stars in the field located between M86 and M87 galaxies at angular separations of $37^\prime$ and $40^\prime$ are not intergalactic stars, but belong to the M87 galaxy, i.e., that the stellar halo of this galaxy can be clearly seen at a galactocentric distance of 190 kpc. The distances are measured to four dwarf galaxies P4anon, NGC4486A, VCCA039, and dSph-D07, whose images can be seen in the fields studied. The first three galaxies are M87 satellites, whereas dSph-D07 is located at a greater distance and is a member of the M86 group.

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