Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1997-06-18
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
23 pages including 1 table and 6 figures, AASTeX v4.0. Accepted by Ap.J. Data, referee report and response are avaliable from
Scientific paper
10.1086/304858
This paper presents deep narrow band photometry of the cluster A2317 (z=0.211) carried out using KPNO 4 m and Steward 2.3 m telescopes. Using rest frame Stromgren photometry, it is determined that A2317 has an unusually high fraction of blue galaxies (the Butcher-Oemler effect) for its redshift (f_B=0.35). We demonstrate that the ratio of blue to red galaxies has a strong dependence on absolute magnitude such that blue galaxies dominate the top of the luminosity function. Spectrophotometric classification shows that a majority of the red galaxies are E/S0's, with a small number of reddened starburst galaxies. Butcher-Oemler galaxies are shown to be galaxies with star formation rates typical of late-type spirals and irregular. Starburst systems were typically found to be on the lower end of the cluster luminosity function. In addition, blue galaxies are preferentially found in the outer edges of the cluster, whereas the red galaxies are concentrated in the cluster core.
Odell Andrew P.
Rakos Karl D.
Schombert James M.
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