Stellar populations in edge-on galaxies from deep CCD surface photometry, 1: NGC 5907

Details Stellar populations in edge-on galaxies from deep CCD surface photometry, 1: NGC 5907 Stellar populations in edge-on galaxies from deep CCD surface photometry, 1: NGC 5907

Oct 1994

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994aj....108.1191m&link_type=abstract

The Astronomical Journal, vol. 108, no. 4, p. 1191-1208

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

69

Astronomical Models, Astronomical Photometry, Disk Galaxies, Galactic Evolution, Galactic Halos, Galactic Structure, Star Distribution, Astronomical Photography, Charge Coupled Devices, Error Analysis, Space Infrared Telescope Facility, Stellar Luminosity, Two Dimensional Models

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We present extremely deep charge coupled device (CCD) surface photometry of the edge-on Sc galaxy NGC 5907. Our data reach reliably to a surface brightness of R=27 mag/sq arcsec, some two magnitudes fainter than any previous work. We obtained this improvement using a 2048X2048 CCD with a wide (approximately 24 min) field, which made it possible to sky subtract directly from the galaxy frame, and by taking many dark sky flatfields. Our analysis of these data, using a full 2D model fitting procedure with a detailed error model, confirm the thin disk parameters of van der Kruit & Searle (1981). In particular, we confirm that the galaxy's disk has a radial cutoff and a constant scale height with radius. We find evidence for a stellar warp in this system, which has the same orientation as the H I warp. Our deep data also confirm that NGC 5907 has no thick disk. This suggests that theories of thick disk formation from star formation in the early stages of disk collapse, or by secular heating mechanisms, are unlikely to be correct, because they would predict that every galaxy would have a thick disk. Thick disk formation from the accretion of satellite galaxies is more likely.

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