2016ApJ...824L..14C


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2016ApJ...824L..14C - Astrophys. J., 824, L14-L14 (2016/June-2)

Deep imaging of Eridanus II and its lone star cluster.

CRNOJEVIC D., SAND D.J., ZARITSKY D., SPEKKENS K., WILLMAN B. and HARGIS J.R.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present deep imaging of the most distant dwarf discovered by the Dark Energy Survey, Eridanus II (Eri II). Our Magellan/Megacam stellar photometry reaches ∼3 mag deeper than previous work and allows us to confirm the presence of a stellar cluster whose position is consistent with Eri II's center. This makes Eri II, at {M}_{V}=-7.1 , the least luminous galaxy known to host a (possibly central) cluster. The cluster is partially resolved, and at {M}_{V}=-3.5 it accounts for ∼4% of Eri II's luminosity. We derive updated structural parameters for Eri II, which has a half-light radius of ∼280 pc and is elongated (ε ∼ 0.48) at a measured distance of D ∼ 370 kpc. The color-magnitude diagram displays a blue, extended horizontal branch, as well as a less populated red horizontal branch. A central concentration of stars brighter than the old main-sequence turnoff hints at a possible intermediate-age (∼3 Gyr) population; alternatively, these sources could be blue straggler stars. A deep Green Bank Telescope observation of Eri II reveals no associated atomic gas.

Abstract Copyright: © 2016. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.

Journal keyword(s): galaxies: dwarf - galaxies: individual: Eridanus II - galaxies: photometry - galaxies: stellar content

Simbad objects: 11

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Number of rows : 11
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA
ICRS (J2000)
DEC
Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2024
#notes
1 NAME Sculptor dE1 GiG 00 23 51.7 -24 42 18   17.73       ~ 69 1
2 M 31 AGN 00 42 44.330 +41 16 07.50 4.86 4.36 3.44     ~ 12651 1
3 NAME Andromeda I G 00 45 39.8 +38 02 28   13.9 12.7     ~ 342 0
4 NAME Phoenix Dwarf Galaxy Sy1 01 51 06.3 -44 26 41   13.48 13.2 12.69   ~ 533 2
5 NAME Fornax Dwarf Spheroidal G 02 39 59.3 -34 26 57   9.02 7.4     ~ 1743 1
6 NAME Eridanus II G 03 44 21.1 -43 32 00           ~ 174 0
7 NAME Eridanus II Cluster Cl* 03 44 22.20 -43 31 59.2           ~ 8 0
8 NAME Leo T G 09 34 53.4 +17 03 05     15.1     ~ 391 0
9 M 92 GlC 17 17 07.39 +43 08 09.4     6.52     ~ 2116 0
10 NGC 6822 G 19 44 56.199 -14 47 51.29   18 8.1     ~ 1562 0
11 NAME Local Group GrG ~ ~           ~ 8393 0

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