Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2007-10-07
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
4 pages, 2 figures, to appear in Galaxies in the Local Volume, eds B Koribalski and H. Jerjen, Springer Astrophysics and Space
Scientific paper
A color-magnitude diagram (CMD) based on HST/ACS data is presented for the Sculptor group dwarf galaxy ESO540-032. The CMD is dominated by an old red giant population but there is a small population of blue stars confined to the central regions of the galaxy as orginally noted by Jerjen and Rejkuba from ground-based data. From the luminosity of the red giant branch tip the distance is determined as 3.7 +/- 0.2 Mpc consistent with previous estimates. The mean metallicity is estimated as [Fe/H] = -1.7 +/- 0.2 from the color of the red giant branch. Isochrone fits indicate an age for the blue star population of ~100 Myr, perhaps less. New HI observations with the Australian Telescope Compact Array confirm that the dwarf contains approximately 10^6 solar masses of HI, centered on the optical image. The HI mass to blue luminosity ratio is 0.15, comparable to the Phoenix dwarf in the Local Group. These properties clearly confirm ESO540-032 as a transition-type dwarf in the Sculptor group.
Bouchard Antoine
Da Costa Gary S.
Jerjen Helmut
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