Catalogue of the morphological features in the Spitzer Survey of Stellar Structure in Galaxies (S4G)

被引:82
作者
Herrera-Endoqui, M. [1 ]
Diaz-Garcia, S. [1 ]
Laurikainen, E. [1 ,2 ]
Salo, H. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Oulu, Astron & Space Phys, Oulu 90014, Finland
[2] Univ Turku, Finnish Ctr Astron ESO FINCA, Piikkio 21500, Finland
来源
ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS | 2015年 / 582卷
基金
芬兰科学院;
关键词
atlases; catalogs; galaxies: statistics; galaxies: structure; BARRED SPIRAL GALAXIES; PEANUT-SHAPED BULGES; MATTER HALO PROFILES; DISK GALAXIES; SECULAR EVOLUTION; DRIVING MECHANISMS; RINGED GALAXIES; DENSITY WAVES; HIGH-REDSHIFT; GRAND DESIGN;
D O I
10.1051/0004-6361/201526047
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
Context. A catalogue of the features for the complete Spitzer Survey of Stellar Structure in Galaxies (S(4)G), including 2352 nearby galaxies, is presented. The measurements are made using 3.6 mu m images, largely tracing the old stellar population; at this wavelength the effects of dust are also minimal. The measured features are the sizes, ellipticities, and orientations of bars, rings, ringlenses, and lenses. Measured in a similar manner are also barlenses (lens-like structures embedded in the bars), which are not lenses in the usual sense, being rather the more face-on counterparts of the boxy/peanut structures in the edge-on view. In addition, pitch angles of spiral arm segments are measured for those galaxies where they can be reliably traced. More than one pitch angle may appear for a single galaxy. All measurements are made in a human-supervised manner so that attention is paid to each galaxy. Aims. We create a catalogue of morphological features in the complete S(4)G. Methods. We used isophotal analysis, unsharp masking, and fitting ellipses to measured structures. Results. We find that the sizes of the inner rings and lenses normalized to barlength correlate with the galaxy mass: the normalized sizes increase toward the less massive galaxies; it has been suggested that this is related to the larger dark matter content in the bar region in these systems. Bars in the low mass galaxies are also less concentrated, likely to be connected to the mass cut-off in the appearance of the nuclear rings and lenses. We also show observational evidence that barlenses indeed form part of the bar, and that a large fraction of the inner lenses in the non-barred galaxies could be former barlenses in which the thin outer bar component has dissolved.
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