The Recent Evolution Of The Dwarf Starburst Galaxy NGC 625 From Hubble Space Telescope Imaging

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Dec 2002

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American Astronomical Society, 201st AAS Meeting, #116.14; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 34, p.1294

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We present new HST/WFPC2 imaging of the nearby dwarf starburst galaxy NGC 625. Deep images in V and I reach limiting magnitudes of 26.5 and 26, respectively. Narrow band images in Hα and H Beta allow us to address the internal extinction within the starburst regions. We derive a tip of the red giant branch (TRGB) distance of 3.89 +/- 0.22 Mpc, in excellent agreement with the value derived from the empirical distance-velocity relation within the Sculptor Group. We find an older stellar population that is relatively smoothly distributed throughout the galaxy, and we also detect a very red, extended AGB branch, similar to that found in the Local Group dIrr NGC 6822. From the young stars, we derive the recent star formation history of NGC 625; it is found that the recent level of star formation has been significantly elevated compared to the average value over much of the galaxy's history. We speculate on the possible causes of the present burst of star formation in this apparently isolated galaxy. This research was supported, in part, by NASA through grants GO-8708, NAG5-9221 and NGT 5-50345.

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