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Dust-penetrated morphology in the high-redshift universe: Clues from NGC 922
Results from the Hubble Deep Field (HDF) North and South show a largepercentage of high-redshift galaxies whose appearance falls outsidetraditional classification systems. The nature of these objects ispoorly understood, but sub-mm observations indicate that at least someof these systems are heavily obscured (Sanders \cite{sanders00}). Thisraises the intriguing possibility that a physically meaningfulclassification system for high-redshift galaxies might be more easilydevised at rest-frame infrared wavelengths, rather than in the opticalregime. Practical realization of this idea will become possible with theadvent of the Next Generation Space Telescope (NGST). In order toexplore the capability of NGST for undertaking such science, we presentNASA-IRTF and SCUBA observations of NGC 922, achaotic system in our local Universe which bears a striking resemblanceto objects such as HDF 2-86 (z=0.749) in the HDF North. If objects suchas NGC 922 are common at high-redshifts, then thisgalaxy may serve as a local morphological ``Rosetta stone'' bridging lowand high-redshift populations. In this paper we demonstrate thatquantitative measures of galactic structure are recoverable in therest-frame infrared for NGC 922 seen at highredshifts using NGST, by simulating the appearance of this galaxy atredshifts z=0.7 and z=1.2 in rest-frame K'. While this object cannot beclassified within any optical Hubble bin, simulated NGST images at theseredshifts can be readily classified using the dust penetrated z ~ 0template of Block & Puerari (\cite{blockpuerari99}) and Buta &Block (\cite{butablock01}). The near-infrared disk of NGC 922 is notpeculiar at all; rather, it is remarkably regular, even presentingspiral arm modulation, a characteristic signature of several granddesign galaxies. Our results suggest that the capability of efficientlyexploring the rest-wavelength IR morphology of high-z galaxies shouldprobably be a key factor in deciding the final choice of instruments forthe NGST.
| Five-colour photometry of OB-stars in the Southern Hemisphere
Observations of OB-stars, made in 1959 and 1960 at the Leiden SouthernStation near Hartebeespoortdam, South Africa, with the VBLUW photometerattached to the 90 cm light-collector, are given in this paper. They arecompared with photometry obtained by \cite[Graham (1968),]{gra68}\cite[Walraven & Walraven (1977),]{wal77} \cite[Lub & Pel(1977)]{lub77} and \cite[Van Genderen et al. (1984).]{gen84} Formulaefor the transformation of the present observations to those of\cite[Walraven & Walraven (1977)]{wal77} and \cite[Lub & Pel(1977)]{lub77} are given. Table 4 is only available in electronic format the CDS via anonymous ftp to cdsarc.u-strasbg.fr (130.79.128.5) orvia http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/Abstract.html
| A HIPPARCOS Census of the Nearby OB Associations
A comprehensive census of the stellar content of the OB associationswithin 1 kpc from the Sun is presented, based on Hipparcos positions,proper motions, and parallaxes. It is a key part of a long-term projectto study the formation, structure, and evolution of nearby young stellargroups and related star-forming regions. OB associations are unbound``moving groups,'' which can be detected kinematically because of theirsmall internal velocity dispersion. The nearby associations have a largeextent on the sky, which traditionally has limited astrometricmembership determination to bright stars (V<~6 mag), with spectraltypes earlier than ~B5. The Hipparcos measurements allow a majorimprovement in this situation. Moving groups are identified in theHipparcos Catalog by combining de Bruijne's refurbished convergent pointmethod with the ``Spaghetti method'' of Hoogerwerf & Aguilar.Astrometric members are listed for 12 young stellar groups, out to adistance of ~650 pc. These are the three subgroups Upper Scorpius, UpperCentaurus Lupus, and Lower Centaurus Crux of Sco OB2, as well as VelOB2, Tr 10, Col 121, Per OB2, alpha Persei (Per OB3), Cas-Tau, Lac OB1,Cep OB2, and a new group in Cepheus, designated as Cep OB6. Theselection procedure corrects the list of previously known astrometricand photometric B- and A-type members in these groups and identifiesmany new members, including a significant number of F stars, as well asevolved stars, e.g., the Wolf-Rayet stars gamma^2 Vel (WR 11) in Vel OB2and EZ CMa (WR 6) in Col 121, and the classical Cepheid delta Cep in CepOB6. Membership probabilities are given for all selected stars. MonteCarlo simulations are used to estimate the expected number of interloperfield stars. In the nearest associations, notably in Sco OB2, thelater-type members include T Tauri objects and other stars in the finalpre-main-sequence phase. This provides a firm link between the classicalhigh-mass stellar content and ongoing low-mass star formation. Detailedstudies of these 12 groups, and their relation to the surroundinginterstellar medium, will be presented elsewhere. Astrometric evidencefor moving groups in the fields of R CrA, CMa OB1, Mon OB1, Ori OB1, CamOB1, Cep OB3, Cep OB4, Cyg OB4, Cyg OB7, and Sct OB2, is inconclusive.OB associations do exist in many of these regions, but they are eitherat distances beyond ~500 pc where the Hipparcos parallaxes are oflimited use, or they have unfavorable kinematics, so that the groupproper motion does not distinguish it from the field stars in theGalactic disk. The mean distances of the well-established groups aresystematically smaller than the pre-Hipparcos photometric estimates.While part of this may be caused by the improved membership lists, arecalibration of the upper main sequence in the Hertzsprung-Russelldiagram may be called for. The mean motions display a systematicpattern, which is discussed in relation to the Gould Belt. Six of the 12detected moving groups do not appear in the classical list of nearby OBassociations. This is sometimes caused by the absence of O stars, but inother cases a previously known open cluster turns out to be (part of) anextended OB association. The number of unbound young stellar groups inthe solar neighborhood may be significantly larger than thoughtpreviously.
| Vitesses radiales. Catalogue WEB: Wilson Evans Batten. Subtittle: Radial velocities: The Wilson-Evans-Batten catalogue.
We give a common version of the two catalogues of Mean Radial Velocitiesby Wilson (1963) and Evans (1978) to which we have added the catalogueof spectroscopic binary systems (Batten et al. 1989). For each star,when possible, we give: 1) an acronym to enter SIMBAD (Set ofIdentifications Measurements and Bibliography for Astronomical Data) ofthe CDS (Centre de Donnees Astronomiques de Strasbourg). 2) the numberHIC of the HIPPARCOS catalogue (Turon 1992). 3) the CCDM number(Catalogue des Composantes des etoiles Doubles et Multiples) byDommanget & Nys (1994). For the cluster stars, a precise study hasbeen done, on the identificator numbers. Numerous remarks point out theproblems we have had to deal with.
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| Costellazione: | Andromeda |
| Ascensione retta: | 00h36m20.24s |
| Declinazione: | +44°38'20.0" |
| Magnitudine apparente: | 7.3 |
| Distanza: | 322.581 parsec |
| Moto proprio RA: | 15.2 |
| Moto proprio Dec: | -4.2 |
| B-T magnitude: | 7.236 |
| V-T magnitude: | 7.295 |
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