Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jan 1993
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993egte.conf...29e&link_type=abstract
In NASA. Ames Research Center, The Evolution of Galaxies and Their Environment p 29-30 (SEE N93-26706 10-90)
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Astronomical Spectroscopy, Galactic Evolution, Infrared Imagery, Red Shift, Star Distribution, Stellar Spectra, Emission Spectra, Line Spectra, Universe
Scientific paper
In spite of a lookback time of 77 to 89 percent of the age of the universe, Lilly provided evidence that the dominant stellar population in 0902 was surprisingly old, over 1 Gyr. This age estimate was based on the values K = 18.8 and I-K = 4.5 in the central 3.5 x 3.5 inch. At Lilly's suggestion, we reobserved 0902 at K, and in initial reductions of our data found only an upper limit (K greater than 19.5). After extensive experimentation with reduction techniques and correction for low-level systematic effects, we succeeded in extracting a four sigma detection at K = 19.9 in a 4 inch diameter circular aperture. The morphology and location of this detection were more reminescent of the Ly alpha image than of CCD continuum images, and in Mar. 1992, we obtained a narrow band image which included redshifted (OIII) 4959,5007 A line emission at 2.20 microns. This (OIII) image gave a strong detection which demonstrates that most of the central K flux, already reduced by a magnitude, is due to line emission. Our formal line corrected values in a 4 inch aperture are K = 21.5 and R-K = 1.9. Hence, 0902 has been transformed from relaxed maturity into unsettled youth.
Dickinson Mark
Eisenhardt Peter
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