Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1999-03-16
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
12 pages including 2 tables, plus 4 figures (#1 omitted) To appear in PASP
Scientific paper
10.1086/316366
We present F336W (U), F439W (B), F555W (V), and F675W (R) Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) photometry of two outer regions of the Local Group dwarf irregular galaxy NGC6822. The NE region is ~13 arcmin from the galaxy centre, while the W region lies 10 arcmin out, and within the wispy low surface brightness outer regions of the galaxy. The fields are not crowded and contain few NGC 6822 stars. We discuss errors and uncertainties and find that the W region contains a main sequence that extends to stars of about 2 solar masses, with an age of about 200 Myr. The NE region has no main sequence or stars younger than 1 Gyr, but does contain some luminous red stars that are not matched in the W field. These stars are not clumped in the field. The results suggest that the W region may be a trace of a tidal event that triggered the current star-formation in this isolated galaxy.
Bianchi Luciana
Cavanagh Brad
Hutchings John B.
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