Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2004-05-19
Astron.Astrophys. 423 (2004) 87-95
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
9 pages, 8 figures, uses aa.cls, A&A in press
Scientific paper
10.1051/0004-6361:20040166
We present BVR CCD photometry down to limiting magnitude B=23.5 mag for 232 starlike objects and 11 diffuse objects in a 5.4' x 5.4' field of Ho IX. The galaxy is a gas-rich irregular dwarf galaxy possibly very close to M 81, which makes it especially interesting in the context of the evolution of satellite galaxies and the accretion of dwarf galaxies. Investigations of Ho IX were hampered by relatively large contradictions in the magnitude scale between earlier studies. With our new photometry we resolved these discrepancies. The color magnitude diagram (CMD) of Ho IX is fairly typical of a star-forming dwarf irregular, consistent with earlier results. Distance estimates from our new CMD are consistent with Ho IX being very close to M 81 and therefore being a definite member of the M 81 group, apparently in very close physical proximity to M 81.
Bomans Dominik J.
Georgiev Tsvetan B.
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