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The interstellar medium in Andromeda's dwarf spheroidal galaxies - II. Multiphase gas content and ISM conditions
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stw3001 Bibcode: 2017MNRAS.465.3741D

Wilson, Christine D.; De Looze, Ilse; Baes, Maarten +11 more

We make an inventory of the interstellar medium material in three low-metallicity dwarf spheroidal galaxies of the Local Group (NGC 147, NGC 185 and NGC 205). Ancillary H I, CO, Spitzer Infrared Spectrograph spectra, Hα and X-ray observations are combined to trace the atomic, cold and warm molecular, ionized and hot gas phases. We present new Nobe…

2017 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Herschel 5
Resolving the Discrepancy of Distance to M60, a Giant Elliptical Galaxy in Virgo
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa6c6a Bibcode: 2017ApJ...841...23L

Lee, Myung Gyoon; Jang, In Sung

There is a well-known discrepancy in the distance estimation of M60, a giant elliptical galaxy in Virgo; the planetary nebula luminosity function (PNLF) distance moduli for this galaxy are, on average, 0.4 mag smaller than the values based on the surface brightness fluctuation (SBF) in the literature. We present photometry of the resolved stars in…

2017 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 5
Vertical distribution and kinematics of planetary nebulae in the milky way
DOI: 10.1134/S1063773717040028 Bibcode: 2017AstL...43..304B

Bobylev, V. V.; Bajkova, A. T.

Based on published data, we have produced a sample of planetary nebulae (PNe) that is complete within 2 kpc of the Sun. We have estimated the total number of PNe in the Galaxy from this sample to be 17 000±3000 and determined the vertical scale height of the thin disk based on an exponential density distribution to be 197 ± 10 pc. The next sample …

2017 Astronomy Letters
Gaia 5
Characteristics of active regions associated to large solar energetic proton events
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2016.09.011 Bibcode: 2017AdSpR..59..384B

Bronarska, K.; Michalek, G.

The relationship between properties of active regions (ARs) and solar energetic particles (SEP events, protons with energy ⩾10 MeV) is examined. For this purpose we study 84 SEP events recorded during the SOHO era (1996-2014). We compare properties of these SEP events with associated ARs, flares and CMEs. The ARs are characterized by McIntosh clas…

2017 Advances in Space Research
SOHO 5
Spitzer’s View of the Candidate Cluster and Protocluster Catalog (CCPC)
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/836/1/136 Bibcode: 2017ApJ...836..136F

Franck, J. R.; McGaugh, S. S.

The Candidate Cluster and Protocluster Catalog contains 218 galaxy overdensities composed of more than 2000 galaxies with spectroscopic redshifts spanning the first few Gyr after the Big Bang (2.0 ≤ z < 6.6). We use Spitzer archival data to track the underlying stellar mass of these overdense regions in various temporal cross sections by buildi…

2017 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 5
The Hawaii SCUBA-2 Lensing Cluster Survey: Are Low-luminosity Submillimeter Galaxies Detected in the Rest-frame UV?
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa9619 Bibcode: 2017ApJ...850..189H

Wang, Wei-Hao; Cowie, Lennox L.; Barger, Amy J. +1 more

In this third paper of the Hawaii SCUBA-2 Lensing Cluster Survey series, we present Submillimeter Array (SMA) detections of six intrinsically faint 850 µm sources detected in SCUBA-2 images of the lensing cluster fields, A1689, A2390, A370, MACS J0717.5+3745, and MACS J1423.8+2404. Two of the SCUBA-2 sources split into doublets, yielding a t…

2017 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 5
The Martian dust devil electron avalanche: Laboratory measurements of the E-field fortifying effects of dust-electron absorption
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2017.06.001 Bibcode: 2017Icar..297...90F

Farrell, W. M.; Collier, M. R.; McLain, J. L. +1 more

Analogous to terrestrial dust devils, charged dust in Mars dust devils should become vertically stratified in the convective features, creating large scale E-fields. This E-field in a Martian-like atmosphere has been shown to stimulate the development of a Townsend discharge (electron avalanche) that acts to dissipate charge in regions where charg…

2017 Icarus
ExoMars-16 5
Radio observation of Venus at meter wavelengths using the GMRT
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2017.06.026 Bibcode: 2017Icar..297..119M

Bhardwaj, Anil; Mohan, Nithin; Roy, Subhashis +4 more

The Venusian surface has been studied by measuring radar reflections and thermal radio emission over a wide spectral region of several centimeters to meter wavelengths from the Earth-based as well as orbiter platforms. The radiometric observations, in the decimeter (dcm) wavelength regime showed a decreasing trend in the observed brightness temper…

2017 Icarus
VenusExpress 5
The BRAVE Program. I. Improved Bulge Stellar Velocity Dispersion Estimates for a Sample of Active Galaxies
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/835/2/271 Bibcode: 2017ApJ...835..271B

Bershady, Matthew A.; Onken, Christopher A.; Bentz, Misty C. +2 more

We present new bulge stellar velocity dispersion measurements for 10 active galaxies with secure MBH determinations from reverberation mapping. These new velocity dispersion measurements are based on spatially resolved kinematics from integral-field (IFU) spectroscopy. In all but one case, the field of view of the IFU extends beyond the…

2017 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 5
A study of a coronal hole associated with a large filament eruption
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stx1866 Bibcode: 2017MNRAS.471.4776G

Gutiérrez, Heidy; Taliashvili, Lela; Lazarian, Alexandre +1 more

We report the results of a detailed study of an equatorial coronal hole and a dimming region related to the eruptions of a nearby large filament and subsequent coronal mass ejections (CMEs). The dynamic eruptions of the filament and the associated CMEs are probably related to the magnetic reconnection involving the magnetic field lines at the fila…

2017 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
SOHO 5