Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Aug 2000
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000a%26as..145..229f&link_type=abstract
Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement, v.145, p.229-242
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Galaxies: Clusters: Individual: M 81 Group, Galaxies: General, Galaxies: Photometry, Galaxies: Fundamental Parameters
Scientific paper
We present a search for low surface brightness (LSB) dwarf galaxies in a region of 10 square degrees around M 81. The survey is based on the digital co-addition of Schmidt plates where algorithms for sub-arcsecond co-centering, quality-weighting and sigma-clipping ``bad pixel'' rejection are applied. The 3 sigma surface brightness limit is mu_lim = 25.6 mag/Box arcsec . In a substantial fraction of the surveyed area, the detection of LSB objects is limited by ``Galactic cirrus'' rather than by the limiting magnitude of the stacked image. Optimum search parameters for an automated detection of dwarf galaxies are derived from simulations. The final selection of LSB dwarf candidates relies on a combination of automated detection and visual inspection. We present six new dwarf galaxy candidates with mu B(0) >= 23 mag/Box arcsec . Photometric data and best fitting parameters for the exponential model are derived both for the new candidates and for some previously known LSB dwarf galaxies in the field. For the most likely new dwarf member of the M 81 group, a central surface brightness of mu B(0) = 25.4 mag/Box arcsec and a scale-length of 0.3 kpc are derived. Based on observations made with the 2 m telescope of the Thüringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg, Germany.
Froebrich Dirk
Meusinger Helmut
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