J/MNRAS/369/120 Kinematic survey of planetary nebulae in M31 (Merrett+, 2006)
A deep kinematic survey of planetary nebulae in the Andromeda galaxy using the
Planetary Nebula Spectrograph.
Merrett H.R., Merrifield M.R., Douglas N.G., Kuijken K., Romanowsky A.J.,
Napolitano N.R., Arnaboldi M., Capaccioli M., Freeman K.C., Gerhard O.,
Coccato L., Carter D., Evans N.W., Wilkinson M.I., Halliday C.,
Bridges T.J.
<Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 369, 120-142 (2006)>
=2006MNRAS.369..120M 2006MNRAS.369..120M
ADC_Keywords: Galaxies, nearby ; Planetary nebulae ; Radial velocities
Keywords: galaxies: individual: M31 - galaxies: kinematics and dynamics -
Local Group - galaxies: structure
Abstract:
We present a catalogue of positions, magnitudes and velocities for
3300 emission-line objects found by the Planetary Nebula Spectrograph
in a survey of the Andromeda galaxy, M31. Of these objects, 2615 are
found likely to be planetary nebulae (PNe) associated with M31. The
survey area covers the whole of M31's disc out to a radius of
1.5°. Beyond this radius, observations have been made along the
major and minor axes, and the Northern Spur and Southern Stream
regions. The calibrated data have been checked for internal
consistency and compared with other catalogues. With the exception of
the very central, high surface brightness region of M31, this survey
is complete to a magnitude limit of m5007∼23.75, 3.5mag into the PN
luminosity function.
Description:
The Planetary Nebula Spectrograph (PN.S) was designed specifically to
measure the shifted wavelength (and hence velocity) of the 5007Å
[OIII] emission line that dominates the spectra of PNe.
The PN.S observations for this survey were carried out on the William
Herschel Telescope (WHT) in La Palma on two runs: 2002 October 8-13
and 2003 September 29-October 5.
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table3.dat 99 3300 Emission-line objects identified in the M31 survey
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See also:
J/ApJS/38/351 : M31 planetary nebulae (Ford+, 1978)
J/A+AS/102/251 : M31 Objective-prism survey of em. objects (Meyssonnier+ 1993)
J/ApJ/616/804 : Planetary Nebula Kinematics in M31 (Hurley-Keller+, 2004)
J/MNRAS/369/97 : M31 planetary nebula velocities (Halliday+, 2006)
Byte-by-byte Description of file: table3.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 4 I4 --- [MMD2006] Sequential number
6- 7 I2 h RAh Right ascension (J2000.0)
9- 10 I2 min RAm Right ascension (J2000.0)
12- 15 F4.1 s RAs Right ascension (J2000.0)
17 A1 --- DE- Declination sign (J2000.0)
18- 19 I2 deg DEd Declination (J2000.0)
21- 22 I2 arcmin DEm Declination (J2000.0)
24- 27 F4.1 arcsec DEs Declination (J2000.0)
29- 33 F5.2 mag m5007 Visual magnitude at 5007Å
35- 41 F7.1 km/s HV Heliocentric velocity
43- 47 A5 --- Note Note (1)
49- 58 A10 --- Host Host (Sources of non-M31 objects) (2)
60- 69 A10 "YYYY.MM.DD" Date Observation date
71- 73 I3 --- Field Field number
75- 84 A10 --- [HCB2006] Cross-identification from Halliday et al.,
2006, Cat. J/MNRAS/369/97
86- 90 A5 --- HKPN Cross-identification from Hurley-Keller et
al., 2004, Cat. J/ApJ/616/804 (3)
92- 94 I3 --- C89 ? Cross-identification from Ciardullo et
al., 1989, Cat. J/ApJ/339/53,
Ford M 31 NNN in Simbad
96- 99 I4 --- MLA ? Cross-identification from Meyssonnier et
al., 1991, Cat. J/A+AS/102/251
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Note (1): Probable H II regions (or background galaxies) as follows:
E = extended in the PN.S data,
R = flux ratio R below cut-off value (see Fig. 17)
other = excluded as a PN due to flux.
Note (2): Sources of non-M31 objects as follows:
M32 = objects associated with and in the vicinity of M32.
M32? = objects associated with and in the vicinity of M32 ?
NGC 205 = objects associated with and in the vicinity of NGC 205.
NGC 205? = objects associated with and in the vicinity of NGC 205?
Andromeda IV = objects associated with the galaxy Andromeda IV.
2MASXi = non-M31 source in the 2MASS catalogue.
MLA93 = non-M31 source listed in Meyssonnier et al., 1991,
Cat. J/A+AS/102/251.
NS = objects in the region of the Northern Spur.
Stream? = objects referred to in Merrett et al. (2003MNRAS.346L..62M 2003MNRAS.346L..62M)
as being a possible extension of the Southern Stream.
Note (3): Objects are identified as:
1_NNN = HKPN M31 NNN in Simbad (table1 of J/ApJ/616/804)
2_N = HKPN M32 N in Simbad (table2 of J/ApJ/616/804)
3_N = [FGW2000] N in Simbad (Ferguson et al., 2000AJ....120..821F 2000AJ....120..821F)
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(End) Patricia Vannier [CDS] 27-Nov-2006