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LQAC-5: The fifth release of the Large Quasar Astrometric Catalogue. A compilation of 592 809 objects with 398 697 Gaia counterparts
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201834955 Bibcode: 2019A&A...624A.145S

Barache, C.; Souami, D.; Souchay, J. +6 more

Context. In addition to their great astrophysical interest, quasars represent quasi-ideal reference objects in the celestial sphere with, a priori, a lack of significant proper motion. Since the fourth release of the Large Quasar Astrometric Catalogue (LQAC-4), a large number of quasars have been discovered, in particular those coming from the DR1…

2019 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 15
High-degree gravity modes in the single sdB star HD 4539
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stz2244 Bibcode: 2019MNRAS.489.4791S

Heber, U.; Reed, M. D.; Silvotti, R. +6 more

HD 4539 (alias PG 0044 + 097 or EPIC 220641886) is a bright (V = 10.2) long-period V1093 Her-type subdwarf B (sdB) pulsating star that was observed by the Kepler spacecraft in its secondary (K2) mission. We use the K2 light curve (78.7 d) to extract 169 pulsation frequencies, 124 with a robust detection. Most of these frequencies are found in the …

2019 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gaia 15
A BCG with Offset Cooling: Is the AGN Feedback Cycle Broken in A2495?
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab4808 Bibcode: 2019ApJ...885..111P

Gastaldello, F.; Ettori, S.; Amblard, A. +6 more

We present a combined radio/X-ray analysis of the poorly studied galaxy cluster A2495 (z = 0.07923) based on new EVLA and Chandra data. We also analyze and discuss Hα emission and optical continuum data retrieved from the literature. We find an offset of ∼6 kpc between the cluster brightest cluster galaxy (BCG) (MCG+02-58-021) and the peak of the …

2019 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 15
So close, so different: characterization of the K2-36 planetary system with HARPS-N
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201834671 Bibcode: 2019A&A...624A..38D

Vanderburg, A.; Poretti, E.; Sozzetti, A. +19 more

Context. K2-36 is a K dwarf orbited by two small (Rb = 1.43 ± 0.08 R and Rc = 3.2 ± 0.3 R), close-in (ab = 0.022 au and ac = 0.054 au) transiting planets discovered by the Kepler/K2 space observatory. They are representatives of two distinct families of small planets (Rp

2019 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gaia 15
First solar observations with ALMA
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2018.08.030 Bibcode: 2019AdSpR..63.1396L

Loukitcheva, Maria

The Atacama Large Millimeter-Submillimeter Array (ALMA) has opened a new window for studying the Sun via high-resolution high-sensitivity imaging at millimeter wavelengths. In this contribution I review the capabilities of the instrument for solar observing and describe the extensive effort taken to bring the possibility of solar observing with AL…

2019 Advances in Space Research
IRIS 15
The First Ultraviolet Detection of the Large Magellanic Cloud Pulsar PSR B0540-69 and Its Multi-wavelength Properties
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aafb04 Bibcode: 2019ApJ...871..246M

de Luca, A.; Barbieri, C.; Naletto, G. +9 more

We observed the young (∼1700 yr) pulsar PSR B0540-69 in the ultraviolet for the first time with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph on board the Hubble Space Telescope. Imaging observations with the NUV-MAMA and ultraviolet FUV-MAMA detectors in TIME-TAG mode allowed us to clearly detect the pulsar in two bands around 2350 and 1590 Å, with ma…

2019 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 15
LOFAR Discovery of a Radio Halo in the High-redshift Galaxy Cluster PSZ2 G099.86+58.45
DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ab32ed Bibcode: 2019ApJ...881L..18C

Di Gennaro, G.; Brunetti, G.; Shimwell, T. W. +15 more

In this Letter, we report the discovery of a radio halo in the high-redshift galaxy cluster PSZ2 G099.86+58.45 (z = 0.616) with the LOw Frequency ARray (LOFAR) at 120-168 MHz. This is one of the most distant radio halos discovered so far. The diffuse emission extends over ∼1 Mpc and has a morphology similar to that of the X-ray emission as reveale…

2019 The Astrophysical Journal
XMM-Newton 15
Luminous AGB variables in the dwarf irregular galaxy, NGC 3109
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/sty3438 Bibcode: 2019MNRAS.483.5150M

Matsunaga, Noriyuki; Whitelock, Patricia A.; Feast, Michael W. +1 more

In a shallow near-infrared survey of the dwarf irregular galaxy, NGC 3109, near the periphery of the Local Group, we have found eight Mira variables, seven of which appear to be oxygen-rich (O-Miras). The periods range from about 430 d to almost 1500 d. Because of our relatively bright limiting magnitude, only 45 of the more than 400 known carbon …

2019 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gaia 15
Searching for intergalactic star forming regions in Stephan's Quintet with SITELLE. I. Ionised gas structures and kinematics
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201935686 Bibcode: 2019A&A...629A.102D

Kehrig, C.; Iglesias-Páramo, J.; Drissen, L. +3 more

Stephan's Quintet (SQ), the prototypical compact group of galaxies in the local Universe, has been observed with the imaging Fourier transform spectrometer SITELLE, attached to the Canada-France-Hawaii-Telescope, to perform a deep search for intergalactic star-forming emission. In this paper we present the extended ionised gaseous structures detec…

2019 Astronomy and Astrophysics
eHST 15
Fingerprinting the effects of hyperfine structure on CH and OH far infrared spectra using Wiener filter deconvolution
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201936037 Bibcode: 2019A&A...632A..60J

Lee, Min-Young; Menten, Karl M.; Jacob, Arshia M. +3 more

Context. Despite being a commonly observed feature, the modification of the velocity structure in spectral line profiles by hyperfine structure complicates the interpretation of spectroscopic data. This is particularly true for observations of simple molecules such as CH and OH toward the inner Galaxy, which show a great deal of velocity crowding.…

2019 Astronomy and Astrophysics
Herschel 15