Deep Wide Field BVI CCD Photometry of the Sextans Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy

Details Deep Wide Field BVI CCD Photometry of the Sextans Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy Deep Wide Field BVI CCD Photometry of the Sextans Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy

2003-08-27

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0308469v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

36 pages, 23 figures (15 postscript, 1 jpg and 7 gif), To appear in the Astronomical Journal, 2003 December issue

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We present deep wide field $VI$ CCD photometry of the Sextans dwarf spheroidal galaxy (dSph) in the Local Group, covering a field of 42' x 28' located at the center of the galaxy. Color-magnitude diagrams of the Sextans dSph show well-defined red giant branch (RGB), blue horizontal branch (BHB), prominent red horizontal branch (RHB), asymptotic giant branch (AGB), about 120 variable star candidates including RR Lyraes and anomalous Cepheids, about 230 blue stragglers (BSs), and main sequence (MS) stars. The distance to the galaxy is derived using the $I$-band magnitude of the tip of the RGB at I(TRGB)=15.95+/-0.04: (m-M)_0=19.90+/-0.06 for an adopted reddening of E(B-V)=0.01. The mean metallicity of the RGB is estimated from the (V-I) color: [Fe/H]=-2.1+/-0.1(statistical error) +/-0.2(standard calibration error) dex, with a dispersion of sigma[Fe/H]=0.2 dex. The age of the MSTO of the main old population is estimated to be similar to that of M92, and there are seen some stellar populations with younger age. There is found to be one RGB bump at V=19.95+/-0.05 mag (M_V=0.03 mag), and a weak brighter bump at V=19.35+/-0.05 mag(Mv=-0.58 mag) which is probably an AGB bump. The V-band luminosity function of the RGB and MS stars is in general similar to that of M92, with a slight excess of stars in the magnitude range brighter than the MSTO with respect to that of M92. The bright BSs are more centrally concentrated than the faint BSs. Significant radial gradients are seen for several kinds of populations: the RHB, the red RGB, the red subgiant branch (SGB), and the bright BSs are more centrally concentrated toward the center of the galaxy, compared with the BHB, the blue RGB, the blue SGB, and the faint BSs, respectively.

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