Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Dec 1998
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1998aas...193.0802g&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, 193rd AAS Meeting, #08.02; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 30, p.1257
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Scientific paper
We have obtained Keck Low Resolution Imaging Spectrograph images in V and I of the newly discovered Local Group dwarf galaxies Pegasus Dw and Cassiopeia Dw and their surrounding field. We present the first stellar luminosity functions and color-magnitude diagrams for stars with V<=25 and I<=24. The distances to the new dwarfs estimated from the apparent tip of the red giant branch I magnitude are 780+/-40 kpc (Peg Dw) and 710+/-35 kpc (Cas Dw), consistent with their belonging to the extended M31 satellite system. Both galaxies are dwarf spheroidals (dSphs) with red giant branch morphologies indicating predominantly old stellar populations, estimated mean metallicities of -1.2+/-0.3 dex (Peg Dw) and -1.1+/-0.3 (Cas Dw), and possible abundance spreads of ~1 dex. They lie near the upper envelope of the central surface brightness-vs-<[Fe/H]> relation for dSphs, dwarf ellipticals, and dwarf irregulars. In contrast to the four (out of nine) Milky Way dSphs beyond D>100 kpc, which are dominated by intermediate-age populations, none of the six known M31 dSphs appears to have a substantial intermediate-age population.
Grebel Eva Katharina
Guhathakurta Puraga
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