A catalog of planetary nebula candidates in the Sculptor spiral galaxy NGC300⋆, ⋆ ⋆

Aims. [O III] 5007 Å on-band and off-band images, obtained with the Very Large Telescope (VLT) and FORS 2 spectrograph in two zones (center and outskirts) of the spiral galaxy NGC 300, are analyzed searching for emission line objects. In particular we search for planetary nebula (PN) candidates to a...

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Autor: LILIANA HERNANDEZ MARTINEZ
Tipo de recurso: artículo
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Fecha de publicación:2012
País:México
Institución:Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica
Repositorio:Repositorio Institucional del INAOE
Idioma:inglés
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spelling A catalog of planetary nebula candidates in the Sculptor spiral galaxy NGC300⋆, ⋆ ⋆LILIANA HERNANDEZ MARTINEZinfo:eu-repo/classification/Inspec/Galaxies: individual: NGC 300info:eu-repo/classification/Inspec/Planetary nebulae: generalinfo:eu-repo/classification/Inspec/HII regionsinfo:eu-repo/classification/Inspec/Galaxies: distances and redshiftsinfo:eu-repo/classification/cti/1info:eu-repo/classification/cti/21info:eu-repo/classification/cti/21Aims. [O III] 5007 Å on-band and off-band images, obtained with the Very Large Telescope (VLT) and FORS 2 spectrograph in two zones (center and outskirts) of the spiral galaxy NGC 300, are analyzed searching for emission line objects. In particular we search for planetary nebula (PN) candidates to analyze their distribution and luminosity properties, to perform follow-up spectroscopy, and to study the planetary nebula luminosity function, PNLF. Methods. In the continuum-subtracted images, a large number of emission line objects were detected. From this sample we selected those objects with stellar appearance and no detectable central star as PN candidates. [O III] 5007 Å instrumental magnitudes were measured and calibrated by using spectrophotometric data from the follow-up spectroscopy. Results. We have identified more than a hundred PN candidates and many compact HII regions. The PN sample is the largest one reported for this galaxy so far. For all the objects we present coordinates, instrumental [Oiii] 5007 magnitudes, and apparent nebular [O III] 5007 fluxes and magnitudes. The [OIII] 5007 observed luminosity function for PNe (PNLF) was calculated for the whole sample and for the central and outskirts samples. The three PNLF are similar within uncertainties. We fit the empirical PNLF to the observed PNLF for all the samples. From our best fit for the whole sample, we derived a maximum value for the apparent magnitudes of m⋆5007 = 22.019± 0.022 and obtained a tentative estimate of the distance modulus m5007–M5007 = 26.29⁺⁰‧¹²₋₀․₂₂ mag, which agrees well with the recent value derived from Cepheid stars.Astronomy & Astrophysics2012-08info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfhttp://inaoe.repositorioinstitucional.mx/jspui/handle/1009/1944reponame:Repositorio Institucional del INAOEinstname:Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónicainstacron:INAOEengcitation:Peña, M., et al., (2012), A catalog of planetary nebula candidates in the Sculptor spiral galaxy NGC300⋆, ⋆ ⋆, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol. 547(A78):1-8info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0oai:inaoe.repositorioinstitucional.mx:1009/19442024-08-28T03:23:02Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv A catalog of planetary nebula candidates in the Sculptor spiral galaxy NGC300⋆, ⋆ ⋆
title A catalog of planetary nebula candidates in the Sculptor spiral galaxy NGC300⋆, ⋆ ⋆
spellingShingle A catalog of planetary nebula candidates in the Sculptor spiral galaxy NGC300⋆, ⋆ ⋆
LILIANA HERNANDEZ MARTINEZ
info:eu-repo/classification/Inspec/Galaxies: individual: NGC 300
info:eu-repo/classification/Inspec/Planetary nebulae: general
info:eu-repo/classification/Inspec/HII regions
info:eu-repo/classification/Inspec/Galaxies: distances and redshifts
info:eu-repo/classification/cti/1
info:eu-repo/classification/cti/21
info:eu-repo/classification/cti/21
title_short A catalog of planetary nebula candidates in the Sculptor spiral galaxy NGC300⋆, ⋆ ⋆
title_full A catalog of planetary nebula candidates in the Sculptor spiral galaxy NGC300⋆, ⋆ ⋆
title_fullStr A catalog of planetary nebula candidates in the Sculptor spiral galaxy NGC300⋆, ⋆ ⋆
title_full_unstemmed A catalog of planetary nebula candidates in the Sculptor spiral galaxy NGC300⋆, ⋆ ⋆
title_sort A catalog of planetary nebula candidates in the Sculptor spiral galaxy NGC300⋆, ⋆ ⋆
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv LILIANA HERNANDEZ MARTINEZ
author LILIANA HERNANDEZ MARTINEZ
author_facet LILIANA HERNANDEZ MARTINEZ
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv info:eu-repo/classification/Inspec/Galaxies: individual: NGC 300
info:eu-repo/classification/Inspec/Planetary nebulae: general
info:eu-repo/classification/Inspec/HII regions
info:eu-repo/classification/Inspec/Galaxies: distances and redshifts
info:eu-repo/classification/cti/1
info:eu-repo/classification/cti/21
info:eu-repo/classification/cti/21
topic info:eu-repo/classification/Inspec/Galaxies: individual: NGC 300
info:eu-repo/classification/Inspec/Planetary nebulae: general
info:eu-repo/classification/Inspec/HII regions
info:eu-repo/classification/Inspec/Galaxies: distances and redshifts
info:eu-repo/classification/cti/1
info:eu-repo/classification/cti/21
info:eu-repo/classification/cti/21
description Aims. [O III] 5007 Å on-band and off-band images, obtained with the Very Large Telescope (VLT) and FORS 2 spectrograph in two zones (center and outskirts) of the spiral galaxy NGC 300, are analyzed searching for emission line objects. In particular we search for planetary nebula (PN) candidates to analyze their distribution and luminosity properties, to perform follow-up spectroscopy, and to study the planetary nebula luminosity function, PNLF. Methods. In the continuum-subtracted images, a large number of emission line objects were detected. From this sample we selected those objects with stellar appearance and no detectable central star as PN candidates. [O III] 5007 Å instrumental magnitudes were measured and calibrated by using spectrophotometric data from the follow-up spectroscopy. Results. We have identified more than a hundred PN candidates and many compact HII regions. The PN sample is the largest one reported for this galaxy so far. For all the objects we present coordinates, instrumental [Oiii] 5007 magnitudes, and apparent nebular [O III] 5007 fluxes and magnitudes. The [OIII] 5007 observed luminosity function for PNe (PNLF) was calculated for the whole sample and for the central and outskirts samples. The three PNLF are similar within uncertainties. We fit the empirical PNLF to the observed PNLF for all the samples. From our best fit for the whole sample, we derived a maximum value for the apparent magnitudes of m⋆5007 = 22.019± 0.022 and obtained a tentative estimate of the distance modulus m5007–M5007 = 26.29⁺⁰‧¹²₋₀․₂₂ mag, which agrees well with the recent value derived from Cepheid stars.
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dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv citation:Peña, M., et al., (2012), A catalog of planetary nebula candidates in the Sculptor spiral galaxy NGC300⋆, ⋆ ⋆, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol. 547(A78):1-8
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