Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2004-08-21
Astron.Astrophys. 421 (2004) 539-554
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
16 pages, 8 Postscript figures
Scientific paper
10.1051/0004-6361:20035847
We present VLT spectroscopic observations with different spectral resolutions and different slit orientations of the two metal-deficient blue compact dwarf (BCD) galaxies Tol 1214-277 and Tol 65. The oxygen abundances in the brightest HII regions of Tol 1214-277 and Tol 65 are found to be 12+log O/H = 7.55+/-0.01 and 7.54+/-0.01, or Zsun/24. The nitrogen-to-oxygen abundance ratios in the two galaxies are log N/O =-1.64+/-0.03 and -1.60+/-0.02 and lie in the narrow range found for other most metal-deficient BCDs. The helium mass fraction derived in several HII regions in both galaxies is consistent with a high primordial helium mass fraction, Yp ~ 0.244. We confirm the detection of the high-ionization forbidden emission line [FeV]4227 in the spectrum of Tol 1214-277. Additionally, weak [NeIV]4725, [FeVI]5146, 5177, and [FeVII]5721, 6087 emission lines are detected in the high-resolution spectrum of Tol 1214-277. The detection of these lines implies the presence of hard radiation with photon energy in the range ~ 4-8 Ryd. Emission lines are detected in the spectra of eight galaxies in the fields of Tol 1214-277 and Tol 65. Seven of these galaxies are background objects, while one galaxy has a redshift close to that of Tol 1214-277. Situated at a projected distance of ~ 14.5 kpc from Tol 1214-277, this galaxy is probably a companion of the BCD.
Fricke Klaus J.
Guseva Natalia G.
Izotov Yu. I.
Papaderos Polichronis
Thuan Trinh Xuan
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