J/ApJS/147/29 BRHalpha data of blue compact dwarf galaxies (Gil De Paz+, 2003)
Palomar/Las Campanas imaging atlas of blue compact dwarf galaxies.
I. Images and integrated photometry.
Gil De Paz A., Madore B.F., Pevunova O.
<Astrophys. J. Suppl. Ser. 147, 29 (2003)>
=2003ApJS..147...29G 2003ApJS..147...29G
ADC_Keywords: Galaxies, nearby ; Galaxies, photometry ; Photometry, H-alpha
Keywords: atlases - galaxies: dwarf - galaxies: evolution -
galaxies: fundamental parameters - galaxies: photometry -
galaxies: starburst
Abstract:
We present B, R, and Hα images for a total of 114 nearby
galaxies (vhelio<4000km/s) that, with exception of nine objects, are
classified as blue compact dwarfs (BCDs). BR integrated magnitudes,
Hα fluxes and Hα equivalent widths for all the objects in
the sample are presented.
File Summary:
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FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
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ReadMe 80 . This file
table1.dat 74 114 Sample
table3.dat 101 114 Images
table5.dat 86 114 Integrated photometry
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See also:
J/ApJS/156/345 : Surface photometry of BCD galaxies (Gil De Paz+, 2005)
Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 14 A14 --- Name Object Name
16- 17 A2 --- r_Name Non-redshift distance reference (1)
19- 20 I2 h RAh Hour of Right Ascension (J2000)
22- 23 I2 min RAm Minute of Right Ascension (J2000)
25- 28 F4.1 s RAs Second of Right Ascension (J2000)
30 A1 --- DE- Sign of the Declination (J2000)
31- 32 I2 deg DEd Degree of Declination (J2000)
34- 35 I2 arcmin DEm Arcminute of Declination (J2000)
37- 38 I2 arcsec DEs Arcsecond of Declination (J2000)
40- 43 F4.2 mag AB B band extinction from Schlegel et al.
(1998ApJ...500..525S 1998ApJ...500..525S)
45- 48 I4 km/s HRV Heliocentric radial velocity from NED
50- 55 F6.1 0.1nm OWave Observed Hα wavelength in Angstroms
57- 63 A7 --- Filt Hα filter used in Hα-line imaging
65- 68 F4.1 Mpc Dist Distance
70- 74 F5.3 --- NII/Ha The [NII] (6584) to Hα intensity ratio (2)
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Note (1): References for non-redshift distance are as follows:
1 = Hunter (2001ApJ...559..225H 2001ApJ...559..225H)
2 = Tosi et al. (2001AJ....122.1271T 2001AJ....122.1271T)
3 = Sharina, Karachentsev, & Tikhonov (1999AstL...25..322S 1999AstL...25..322S)
4 = Dolphin et al. (2001MNRAS.324..249D 2001MNRAS.324..249D)
5 = Meurer et al. (1996AJ....111.1551M 1996AJ....111.1551M)
6 = Ostlin (2000ApJ...535L..99O 2000ApJ...535L..99O)
7 = Schulte-Ladbeck et al. (1999ApJ...525..709S 1999ApJ...525..709S, 1999AJ....118.2705S 1999AJ....118.2705S)
8 = Schulte-Ladbeck et al. (2000AJ....120.1713S 2000AJ....120.1713S)
9 = Virgo cluster (Macri et al., 1999ApJ...521..155M 1999ApJ...521..155M)
10 = Schulte-Ladbeck et al. (2001AJ....121.3007S 2001AJ....121.3007S)
11 = Crone et al. (2000ApJ...545L..31C 2000ApJ...545L..31C)
12 = Drozdovsky et al. (2001ApJ...551L.135D 2001ApJ...551L.135D)
Note (2): Values of 0.055: are estimated values only, adopted from
the average of 49 other galaxies in the sample.
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table3.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 14 A14 --- Name Object name
16- 19 A4 --- Tel Observatory and telescope (1)
21- 30 A10 "MM/DD/YYYY" BObs Date of the B band observation
32 I1 --- BNum Number of B band exposures
34- 36 I3 s Bexp B band exposure time
38- 41 F4.2 --- BAir B band mean airmass
43- 45 F3.1 arcsec BPSF B band seeing (FWHM)
47- 56 A10 "MM/DD/YYYY" RObs Date of the R band observation
58 I1 --- RNum Number of R band exposures
60- 62 I3 s Rexp R band exposure time
64- 67 F4.2 --- RAir R band mean airmass
69- 71 F3.1 arcsec RPSF R band seeing (FWHM)
73- 82 A10 "MM/DD/YYYY" HaObs Date of the Hα observation
84 I1 --- HaNum Number of Hα exposures
86- 89 I4 s Haexp Hα exposure time
91- 94 F4.2 --- HaAir Hα mean airmass
96- 98 F3.1 arcsec HaPSF Hα band seeing (FWHM)
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Note (1): Telescope is coded by:
P60 = Palomar Observatory 60-inch;
C100 = Las Campanas observatory du Pont 100-inch.
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table5.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 14 A14 --- Name Object Name
15- 19 F5.2 mag Bmag Integrated B band magnitude (1)
21- 24 F4.2 mag e_Bmag 1σ error in Bmag (1)
26- 30 F5.2 mag Rmag Integrated R band magnitude (1)
32- 35 F4.2 mag e_Rmag 1σ error in Rmag (1)
37- 41 F5.2 mag B-R The (B-R) integrated color (1)
43- 46 F4.2 mag e_B-R 1σ error in B-R (1)
48- 55 F8.2 10-17W/m2 FHa ? Integrated Hα flux in
10-14erg/s/cm2 (2)
57- 63 F7.2 10-17W/m2 e_FHa ? Error in FHalpha (2)
65- 70 F6.2 mag BMAG Absolute B band magnitude (1)
72- 76 F5.2 [10-7W] logL ? Log of the Hα luminosity in erg/s (1)
78- 81 A4 --- TType Morphological type (3)
83- 85 I3 0.1nm EWHa ? Hα equivalent width in Angstroems (2)
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Note (1): Corrected for Galactic extinction but not for internal extinction.
Note (2): Corrected for underlying stellar absorption.
Note (3): According to the classification of Loose & Thuan (1986, in
"Star Forming Dwarf Galaxies and Related Objects", ed. D. Kunth,
T.X. Thuan & J.T.T. Van (Gif-sur-Yvette: Editions Frontieres), 73).
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History:
From electronic version of the journal
References:
Gil De Paz & Madore, Paper II, 2005ApJS..156..345G 2005ApJS..156..345G, Cat. J/ApJS/156/345
(End) Greg Schwarz [AAS], Patricia Bauer [CDS] 31-Jul-2003