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The Local Group Stellar Populations Archive from the Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2
DOI: 10.1086/507074 Bibcode: 2006ApJS..166..534H

Dolphin, Andrew; Holtzman, Jon A.; Afonso, Cristina

We present a database (LOGPHOT) of stellar photometry of Local Group galaxies obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope using the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2). The database includes photometry from all WFPC2 observations taken through 2003 with long exposures (>500 s) in F555W and F814W, and many observations in which long exposures wer…

2006 The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
eHST 86
The Excitation of Extended Red Emission: New Constraints on Its Carrier from Hubble Space Telescope Observations of NGC 7023
DOI: 10.1086/498052 Bibcode: 2006ApJ...636..303W

Gordon, Karl D.; Sell, Paul H.; Witt, Adolf N. +3 more

The carrier of the dust-associated photoluminescence process causing ERE in many dusty interstellar environments remains unidentified. Several competing models are more or less able to match the observed broad, unstructured ERE band. We now constrain the character of the ERE carrier further by determining the wavelengths of the radiation that init…

2006 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 85
SN 1987A after 18 Years: Mid-Infrared Gemini and Spitzer Observations of the Remnant
DOI: 10.1086/505929 Bibcode: 2006ApJ...650..212B

Kirshner, Robert P.; Arendt, Richard G.; Danziger, John +6 more

Using the Gemini South 8 m telescope, we obtained high-resolution 11.7 and 18.3 µm mid-IR images of SN 1987A on day 6526 since the explosion. All the emission arises from the equatorial ring. Nearly contemporaneous spectra obtained at 5-38 µm with the Spitzer Space Telescope show that this is thermal emission from silicate dust that co…

2006 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 85
Clustering of Star-forming Galaxies Near a Radio Galaxy at z=5.2
DOI: 10.1086/498234 Bibcode: 2006ApJ...637...58O

Ford, H. C.; Demarco, R.; Infante, L. +39 more

We present HST ACS observations of the most distant radio galaxy known, TN J0924-2201 at z=5.2. This radio galaxy has six spectroscopically confirmed Lyα-emitting companion galaxies and appears to lie within an overdense region. The radio galaxy is marginally resolved in i775 and z850, showing continuum emission aligned with …

2006 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 85
INTEGRAL IBIS Extragalactic Survey: Active Galactic Nuclei Selected at 20-100 keV
DOI: 10.1086/500132 Bibcode: 2006ApJ...636L..65B

Walter, R.; Bird, A. J.; Ubertini, P. +10 more

Analysis of International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory (INTEGRAL) Core Programme and public open-time observations performed up to 2005 April provides a sample of 62 active galactic nuclei in the 20-100 keV band above a flux limit of ~1.5×10-11 ergs cm-2 s-1. Most (42) of the sources in the sample are Seyfert …

2006 The Astrophysical Journal
INTEGRAL 85
Interaction of a Moreton/EIT Wave and a Coronal Hole
DOI: 10.1086/505456 Bibcode: 2006ApJ...647.1466V

Veronig, Astrid M.; Temmer, Manuela; Vršnak, Bojan +1 more

We report high-cadence Hα observations of a distinct Moreton wave observed at Kanzelhöhe Solar Observatory associated with the 3B/X3.8 flare and coronal mass ejection (CME) event of 2005 January 17. The Moreton wave can be identified in about 40 Hα frames over a period of 7 minutes. The EIT wave is observed in only one frame, but the derived propa…

2006 The Astrophysical Journal
SOHO 85
The Origins of Fluorescent H2 Emission From T Tauri Stars
DOI: 10.1086/503558 Bibcode: 2006ApJS..165..256H

Herczeg, Gregory J.; Walter, Frederick M.; Johns-Krull, Christopher M. +2 more

We survey fluorescent H2 emission in HST STIS spectra of the classical T Tauri stars (CTTSs) TW Hya, DF Tau, RU Lupi, T Tau, and DG Tau, and the weak-lined T Tauri star (WTTS) V836 Tau. From each of those sources we detect between 41 and 209 narrow H2 emission lines, most of which are pumped by strong Lyα emission. H2

2006 The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
eHST 85
Discovery of a Young Substellar Companion in Chamaeleon
DOI: 10.1086/506517 Bibcode: 2006ApJ...649..894L

Luhman, K. L.; Smith, J. D.; Brandner, W. +6 more

During an imaging survey of the Chamaeleon I star-forming region with the Advanced Camera for Surveys aboard the Hubble Space Telescope, we have discovered a candidate substellar companion to the young low-mass star CHXR 73 (τ~2 Myr, M~0.35 Msolar). We measure a projected separation of 1.30"+/-0.03" for the companion, CHXR 73 B, which c…

2006 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 85
First Scattered Light Images of Debris Disks around HD 53143 and HD 139664
DOI: 10.1086/500305 Bibcode: 2006ApJ...637L..57K

Kalas, Paul; Fitzgerald, Michael P.; Graham, James R. +1 more

We present the first scattered light images of debris disks around a K star (HD 53143) and an F star (HD 139664) using the coronagraphic mode of the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) on board the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). With ages of 0.3-1 Gyr, these are among the oldest optically detected debris disks. HD 53143, viewed ~45° from edge-on, doe…

2006 The Astrophysical Journal
eHST 85
INTEGRAL observations of the blazar 3C 454.3 in outburst
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:200600017 Bibcode: 2006A&A...449L..21P

Maraschi, L.; Tagliaferri, G.; Ghisellini, G. +22 more

In Spring 2005, the blazar 3C 454.3 underwent a dramatic outburst at all wavelengths from mm to X-rays. This prompted INTEGRAL observations, accomplished in 15-18 May 2005. The source was detected by the INTEGRAL instruments from 3 to 200 keV in a bright state (∼ 5 × 10-10 erg s-1 cm-2), at least a factor of 2-3 hi…

2006 Astronomy and Astrophysics
INTEGRAL 85