J/AJ/143/16 HST photometry of IC 883 star clusters (Modica+, 2012)
Multi-wavelength GOALS observations of star formation and active galactic
nucleus activity in the luminous infrared galaxy IC 883.
Modica F., Vavilkin T., Evans A.S., Kim D.-C., Mazzarella J.M., Iwasawa K.,
Petric A., Howell J.H., Surace J.A., Armus L., Spoon H.W.W., Sanders D.B.,
Wong A., Barnes J.E.
<Astron. J., 143, 16 (2012)>
=2012AJ....143...16M 2012AJ....143...16M
ADC_Keywords: Galaxies, IR ; Photometry, HST ; Associations, stellar
Keywords: galaxies: active - galaxies: individual (IC 883) -
galaxies: interactions
Abstract:
New optical Hubble Space Telescope (HST), Spitzer Space Telescope,
Galaxy Evolution Explorer, and Chandra observations of the
single-nucleus, Luminous InfraRed Galaxy (LIRG) merger IC 883 are
presented. The galaxy is a member of the Great Observatories All-sky
LIRG Survey (GOALS) and is of particular interest for a detailed
examination of a luminous late-stage merger due to the richness of the
optically visible star clusters and the extended nature of the nuclear
X-ray, mid-IR, CO, and radio emission. In the HST Advanced Camera for
Surveys images, the galaxy is shown to contain 156 optically visible
star clusters distributed throughout the nuclear regions and tidal
tails of the merger, with a majority of visible clusters residing in
an arc ∼3-7kpc from the position of the mid-infrared core of the
galaxy. The luminosity functions of the clusters have an
αF435W~-2.17 ±0.22 and αF814W~-2.01±0.21, compared
with V-band-derived values measured for the well-studied LIRG NGC 34
and the Antennae Galaxy of α~-1.7±0.1 and -2.13±0.07,
respectively.
Description:
GOALS (Armus et al., 2009PASP..121..559A 2009PASP..121..559A) is a multi-wavelength survey
of a complete sample of LIRGs in the IRAS Revised Bright Galaxy Sample
(RBGS; Sanders et al. 2003, Cat. J/AJ/126/1607).
HST observations of IC 883 with the Wide Field Channel (WFC) of the
Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) were obtained on 2006 January 11 as
part of a much larger campaign (HST-GOALS; A. S. Evans et al. 2012, in
preparation). The galaxy was imaged with the F435W and F814W filters.
Objects:
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RA (2000) DE Designation(s) (HRV; km/s)
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13 20 35.38 +34 08 21.8 IC 883 = UGC 8387 (6985±3)
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File Summary:
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FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
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ReadMe 80 . This file
table3.dat 76 156 IC 883 star cluster photometry
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See also:
B/hst : HST Archived Exposures Catalog (STScI, 2007)
J/AJ/126/1607 : IRAS Revised Bright Galaxy Sample (Sanders+, 2003)
J/AJ/127/3235 : HIRES atlas of all RBGS galaxies (Surace+, 2004)
J/ApJS/182/628 : Spitzer quasar and ULIRG evolution study (Veilleux+, 2009)
J/MNRAS/395/1695 : Spitzer MIR spectroscopy of LIRGs (Hernan-Caballero+, 2009)
J/ApJ/715/572 : GOALS UV and FIR properties (Howell+, 2010)
J/ApJ/709/884 : Starburst-AGN composites in LIRG mergers (Yuan+, 2010)
J/ApJ/741/32 : Spatial extent of LIRGs in the MIR. II. (Diaz-Santos+, 2011)
Byte-by-byte Description of file: table3.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 2 I2 h RAh [13] Hour of right ascension (J2000)
4- 5 I2 min RAm [20] Minute of right ascension (J2000)
7- 12 F6.3 s RAs [32.639/36.671] Second of right ascension (J2000)
14 A1 --- DE- [+] Sign of the declination (J2000)
15- 16 I2 deg DEd [34] Degree of declination (J2000)
18 I1 arcmin DEm [7/8] Arcminute of declination (J2000)
20- 24 F5.2 arcsec DEs Arcsecond of declination (J2000)
26- 30 F5.2 arcsec DelD1 [1.45/49.9] Distance of the star cluster from
the 8µm core in arcsec
32- 36 F5.2 pc DelD2 Distance of the star cluster from the 8µm core
in parsec
38- 42 F5.2 mag Bmag [18.99/27.15] HST/ACS F435W apparent magnitude
F435W filter
44- 47 F4.2 mag e_Bmag [0/0.23] Uncertainty on Bmag
49- 54 F6.2 mag BMAG Absolute magnitude in HST/ACS F435W filter
56- 60 F5.2 mag Imag [18.21/26.44] HST/ACS F814W apparent magnitude
62- 65 F4.2 mag e_Imag Uncertainty on Imag
67- 71 F5.2 mag B-I (B-I) color index
73- 76 F4.2 mag e_B-I Uncertainty on B-I
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Nomenclature note:
In table 3, star clusters are <[MVE2012] JHHMMSS.sss+DDMMSS.ss> in Simbad.
History:
From electronic version of the journal
(End) Sylvain Guehenneux [CDS] 05-Apr-2013