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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/Ser/179.87
- Title:
- H{alpha} in HII regions of Holmberg IX
- Short Name:
- J/other/Ser/179.
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present observations of the nearby tidal dwarf galaxy Holmberg IX in M81 galaxy group in narrow band [SII] and Hα filters, carried out in March and November 2008 with the 2m RCC telescope at NAO Rozhen, Bulgaria. Our search for resident supernova remnants (identified as sources with enhanced [SII] emission relative to their Hα emission) in this galaxy yielded no sources of this kind, besides M&H 10-11 or HoIX X-1. Nevertheless, we found a number of objects with significant Hα emission that probably represent uncatalogued HII regions.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/465/3461
- Title:
- Halpha maps of 3 LIRGS
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/465/3461
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have observed three luminous infrared galaxy systems (LIRGS) which are pairs of interacting galaxies, with the Galaxy H{alpha} Fabry-Perot system (GH{alpha}FaS) mounted on the 4.2m William Herschel Telescope at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory, and combined the observations with the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) observations of these systems in CO emission to compare the physical properties of the star formation regions and the molecular gas clouds, and specifically the internal kinematics of the star forming regions. We identified 88 star forming regions in the H$\alpha$ emission data-cubes, and 27 molecular cloud complexes in the CO emission data-cubes. The surface densities of the star formation rate and the molecular gas are significantly higher in these systems than in non-interacting galaxies and the Galaxy, and are closer to the surface densities of the star formation rate and the molecular gas of extreme star forming galaxies at higher redshifts. The large values of the velocity dispersion also show the enhanced gas surface density. The HII regions are situated on the {Sigma}_SFR_-{sigma}_v_ envelope, and so are also in virial equilibrium. Since the virial parameter decreases with the surface densities of both the star formation rate and the molecular gas, we claim that the clouds presented here are gravitationally dominated rather than being in equilibrium with the external pressure.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/126/1286
- Title:
- H{alpha}+[NII] observations of M81 HII regions
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/126/1286
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In a first of a series of studies of the H{alpha}+[NII] emission from nearby spiral galaxies, we present measurements of H{alpha}+[NII] emission from HII regions in M81. Our method uses large-field CCD images and long-slit spectra and is part of the ongoing Beijing-Arizona-Taipei-Connecticut Sky Survey (the BATC survey). The CCD images are taken with the National Astronomical Observatories of China (NAOC) 0.6/0.9m f/3 Schmidt telescope at the Xinglong Observing Station, using a multicolor filter set. The observations reported here were taken on 30 individual nights over the time period 1995 February 5 to 1997 February 19. Spectra of 10 of the brightest HII regions are obtained using the NAOC 2.16m telescope with a Tek 1024x1024 CCD, between 1997 April 9 and 11. The continua of the spectra are calibrated by flux-calibrated images taken from the Schmidt observations. We determine the continuum component of our H{alpha}+[NII] image via interpolation from the more accurately measured backgrounds (M81 starlight) obtained from the two neighboring (in wavelength) BATC filter images. We use the calibrated fluxes of H{alpha}+[NII] emission from the spectra to normalize this interpolated, continuum-subtracted H{alpha}+[NII] image. We estimate the zero-point uncertainty of the measured H{alpha}+[NII] emission flux to be 8%. A catalog of H{alpha}+[NII] fluxes for 456 HII regions is provided, with those fluxes being on a more consistent linear scale than previously available. The logarithmically binned H{alpha}+[NII] luminosity function of HII regions is found to have slope {alpha}=-0.70, consistent with previous results (which allowed {alpha}=-0.5 to -0.8). From the overall H{alpha}+[NII] luminosity of the HII regions, the star formation rate of M81 is found to be ~0.68M_{sun}_/yr, modulo uncertainty with extinction corrections.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/143/61
- Title:
- H{alpha} spectroscopy in IC 1396 HII region
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/143/61
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have made an extensive survey of emission-line stars in the IC 1396 H II region to investigate the low-mass population of pre-main-sequence (PMS) stars. A total of 639 H{alpha} emission-line stars were detected in an area of 4.2deg^2^ and their i' photometry was measured. Their spatial distribution exhibits several aggregates near the elephant trunk globule (Rim A) and bright-rimmed clouds at the edge of the H II region (Rim B and SFO 37, 38, 39, 41), and near HD206267, which is the main exciting star of the HII region. Based on the extinction estimated from the near-infrared color-color diagram, we have selected PMS star candidates associated with IC1396. The age and mass were derived from the extinction-corrected color-magnitude diagram and theoretical PMS tracks. Most of our PMS candidates have ages of <3Myr and masses of 0.2-0.6M_{sun}_. Although it appears that only a few stars were formed in the last 1Myr in the east region of the exciting star, the age difference among subregions in our surveyed area is not clear from the statistical test. Our results may suggest that massive stars were born after the continuous formation of low-mass stars for 10Myr. The birth of the exciting star could be the late stage of slow but contiguous star formation in the natal molecular cloud. It may have triggered the formation of many low-mass stars at the dense inhomogeneity in and around the HII region by a radiation-driven implosion.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/123/2597
- Title:
- H{alpha} stars and HH objects near BRCs
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/123/2597
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Bright-rimmed clouds (BRCs) found in H II regions are probably sites of triggered star formation due to compression by ionization/shock fronts. Many BRCs harbor IRAS point sources of low dust temperature. They also frequently contain a small cluster of near-IR stars that is elongated along the axis of the BRC. Here we present the results of our H{alpha} grism spectroscopy and narrowband imaging observations of BRCs in search of candidate premain-sequence stars of the T Tauri, Herbig Ae/Be and related types, and Herbig-Haro (HH) objects. We have detected a large number (460) of H{alpha} emission stars down to a limiting magnitude of about R=20 in and around all but two of the 28 BRCs observed. The present study has, for the first time, reached down nearly to the faintest classical T Tauri star population in OB associations. A total of 12 new HH objects have been found.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/135/2323
- Title:
- H{alpha} stars and HH objects near BRCs
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/135/2323
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We have carried out near-IR/optical observations to examine star formation toward a bright-rimmed cometary globule (BRC37) facing the exciting star(s) of an HII region (IC1396) containing an IRAS source, which is considered to be an intermediate-mass protostar. With slitless spectroscopy we detected ten H{alpha} emission stars around the globule, six of which are near the tip of the globule and are aligned along the direction to the exciting stars.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/559/L2
- Title:
- H and Ks maps aroung G045.47+0.05
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/559/L2
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- As a continuation of a previous work, in which we found strong evidence of massive molecular outflows towards a massive star forming site, we present a new study of this region based on very high angular resolution observations with the aim of discovering the outflow driven mechanism. Using near-IR data acquired with Gemini-NIRI at the broad H- and Ks-bands, we study a region of 22"x22" around the UCHII region G045.47+0.05, a massive star forming site at the distance of about 8kpc. To image the source with the highest spatial resolution possible we employed the adaptative optic system ALTAIR, achieving an angular resolution of about 0.15". We discovered a cone-like shape nebula with an opening angle of about 90{deg} extending eastwards the IR source 2MASS J19142564+1109283, a very likely MYSO. This morphology suggests a cavity that was cleared in the circumstellar material and its emission may arise from scattered continuum light, warm dust, and likely emission lines from shock-excited gas. The nebula, presenting arc-like features, is connected with the IR source through a jet-like structure, which is aligned with the blue shifted CO outflow found in a previous study. The near-IR structure lies ~3" north of the radio continuum emission, revealing that it is not spatially coincident with the UCHII region. The observed morphology and structure of the near-IR nebula strongly suggest the presence of a precessing jet. In this study we have resolved the circumstellar ambient (in scale of a thousand A.U.) of a distant MYSO, indeed one of the farthest cases.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJS/138/63
- Title:
- H_2_CO and H{alpha} observations of UC HII
- Short Name:
- J/ApJS/138/63
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We report observations of the H110{alpha} radio recombination line and H_2_CO (1_10_-1_11_) toward 21 ultracompact H II regions with the Arecibo 305m radio telescope. We detect the H110{alpha} line in 20 sources, and for each of these we also detect a H_2_CO absorption feature at nearly the same velocity, demonstrating the association between molecular and ionized gas. We determine kinematic distances and resolve the distance ambiguity for all observed HII regions, as well as for 19 intervening molecular clouds. A plot of the Galactic distribution of these objects traces part of the spiral structure in the first Galactic quadrant. We compare flux densities and velocities as measured with the Arecibo Telescope with interferometric measurements of our sample of ultracompact HII regions. In general, the single-dish fluxes exceed the interferometric values, consistent with an extended component of radio continuum emission.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/587/714
- Title:
- H_2_CO and H{alpha} observations of UC HII
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/587/714
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Fifty-four ultracompact (UC) HII regions in the GLIMPSE survey region (|b|<1{deg} and 30{deg}<l<70{deg}) were observed in H_2_CO and H110{alpha} using the 305 m Arecibo telescope. By analyzing H_2_CO absorption against the UC H II region continuum emission, we resolve the distance ambiguity toward 44 sources. This determination is critical to measure global physical properties of UC H II regions (e.g., luminosity, size, mass) and properties of the Galaxy (e.g., spiral structure, abundance gradients). We find that the distribution of UC H II regions in this survey is consistent with a ``local spur'', the Perseus, Sagittarius, and Scutum arms as delineated by Taylor & Cordes. However, departures from model velocities produce distance uncertainties only slightly smaller than the proposed arm separations.
