Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2000-01-26
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
To be published in the AJ. 29 pages, 13 figures
Scientific paper
10.1086/301360
The spatial distribution of stellar populations, the star formation history, and other properties of the dIrr galaxy DDO 190 have been analyzed using color--magnitude diagrams (CMDs) of about 3900 resolved stars and the Ha fluxes of HII regions. From the mean color index of the red giant branch, a mean metallicity [Fe/H]=-2.0 is obtained. The I magnitude of the TRGB has been used to estimate the distance. DDO 190 is 2.9+/-0.2 Mpc from the Milky Way, 2.1 Mpc from the M 94 group (CnV-I), 2.4 Mpc from the M 81 group and 2.9 Mpc from the barycenter of the Local Group, all indicating that it is an isolated, field galaxy. The surface-brightness distribution of the galaxy is well fitted by ellipses of ellipticity e=1-a/b=0.1 and P.A.=82deg. The radial star density distribution follows an exponential law of scale length a=43."4, corresponding to 611 pc. The Holmberg semi-major axis to mu_B=26.5 is estimated to be r^B_(26.5)=3.'0. Stellar populations of different ages in DDO 190 show strong spatial decoupling, the oldest population appearing much more extended than the youngest. Stars younger than 0.1 Gyr occupy only the central 40'' (0.55 kpc); stars younger than a few (~4) Gyr extend out to ~80'' (125 kpc), and for larger galactocentric distances only older stars seem to be present. This behavior is found in all the dIrr galaxies for which spatially extended studies have been performed and could be related with the kinematical history of the galaxy.
Aparicio Antonio
Tikhonov Nikolay
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