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We present deep BVI CCD photometry of the stars in the dwarf galaxy DDO 210. The color-magnitude diagrams of DDO 210 show a well-defined red giant branch (RGB) and a blue plume. The tip of the RGB is found to be at I_TRGB = 20.95 +/- 0.10…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Myung Gyoon Lee , Antonio Aparicio , Nikolay Tikonov , Yong-Ik Byun , Eunhyeuk Kim

We present a multiscale approach to measurements of galaxy density, applied to a volume-limited sample constructed from SDSS DR5. We populate a rich parameter space by obtaining independent measurements of density on different scales for…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 David Wilman , Stefano Zibetti , Tamas Budavari

We present new redshift measurements for 19 candidate, ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs) from the Systematically Measuring Ultra-Diffuse Galaxies (SMUDGes) survey after conducting a long-slit, spectroscopic follow-up campaign on 23 candidates…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-01-05 Jennifer Kadowaki , Dennis Zaritsky , R. L. Donnerstein , Pranjal RS , Ananthan Karunakaran , Kristine Spekkens

We investigated the evolution of the physical properties of the brightest galaxies in clusters and their protohalos from $z = 4$ to $z = 0$. Galaxy clusters and groups are identified using a halo-based group finder applied to the COSMOS2020…

A particular population of galaxies have drawn much interest recently, which are as faint as typical dwarf galaxies but have the sizes as large as $L^*$ galaxies, the so called "ultra-diffuse galaxie" (UDGs). The lack of tidal features of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-08-02 Yu Rong , Qi Guo , Liang Gao , Shihong Liao , Lizhi Xie , Thomas H. Puzia , Shuangpeng Sun , Jun Pan

Photometric surveys of galaxy clusters have revealed a large number of ultra compact dwarfs (UCDs) around predominantly massive elliptical galaxies. Their origin is still debated as some UCDs are considered to be the remnant nuclei of…

We use a complete, unbiased sample of 257 dwarf (10^8 MSun < Mstar < 10^9.5 MSun) galaxies at z < 0.08, in the COSMOS field, to study the morphological mix of the dwarf population in low-density environments. Visual inspection of extremely…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-03-04 Ilin Lazar , Sugata Kaviraj , Aaron E. Watkins , Garreth Martin , Brian Bichang'a , Ryan A. Jackson

We present measurements of the higher-order clustering of red and blue galaxies as a function of scale and luminosity made from the two-degree field galaxy redshift survey (2dFGRS). We use a counts-in-cells analysis to estimate the volume…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Darren J. Croton , Peder Norberg , Enrique Gaztanaga , Carlton M. Baugh

In this paper we aim to (i) test the number of statistically distinct classes required to classify the local galaxy population, and, (ii) identify the differences in the physical and star formation properties of visually-distinct galaxies.…

Ultra-compact dwarf galaxies (UCDs) were serendipitously discovered by spectroscopic surveys in the Fornax cluster twenty years ago. Nowadays, it is commonly accepted that many bright UCDs are the nuclei of galaxies that have been stripped.…

While we have learned much about Ultra-Diffuse Galaxies (UDGs) in groups and clusters, relatively little is known about them in less-dense environments. More isolated UDGs are important for our understanding of UDG formation scenarios…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-07-22 Daniel J. Prole , Remco F. J. van der Burg , Michael Hilker , Jonathan I. Davies

Aims: We study galaxy clustering and explore the dependence of galaxy properties on the the environment up to a redshift z~1, on the basis of a deep multi-band survey in the Chandra Deep Field South. Methods: We have developed a new method…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Dario Trevese , Marco Castellano , Adriano Fontana , Emanuele Giallongo

We use a combination of deep optical (gri) and near-infrared (H) photometry to study the radially-resolved colours of a broad sample of 300 Virgo cluster galaxies. For most galaxy types, we find that the median g-H colour gradient is either…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Joel C. Roediger , Stephane Courteau , Michael McDonald , Lauren A. MacArthur

We present a photometric investigation into recent star formation in galaxy clusters at z ~ 0.1. We use spectral energy distribution templates to quantify recent star formation in large X-ray selected clusters from the LARCS survey using…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Jacob P. Crossett , Kevin A. Pimbblet , John P. Stott , D. Heath Jones

We present HST/WFPC2 single-star photometry for the blue dwarf galaxy UGCA 290, whose morphology is intermediate between classic iE Blue Compact Dwarfs and blue dwarfs which exhibit no red background sheet of older stars. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Mary M. Crone , Regina E. Schulte-Ladbeck , Ulrich Hopp , Laura Greggio

Using a sample of nearly 20,000 massive early-type galaxies selected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, we study the color-magnitude relation for the most luminous (L > 2.2 L^{*}) field galaxies in the redshift range 0.1<z<0.4 in several…

The number and distribution of dwarf satellite galaxies remain a critical test of cold dark matter-dominated structure formation on small scales. Until recently, observational information about galaxy formation on these scales has been…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Ryan Speller , James E. Taylor

The modern generation of wide-field galaxy surveys, such as LSST, Euclid and Roman, will enable studies of dwarf galaxies $(10^6 \leq M_\ast / M_\odot \leq 10^9)$ beyond the Local Group (LG) in unprecedented detail. Improved theoretical…

We report the discovery of a population of nearby, blue early-type galaxies with high star formation rates (0.5 < SFR < 50 Msun/yr). They are identified by their visual morphology as provided by Galaxy Zoo for SDSS DR6 and their u-r colour.…

We have identified a clustering of red galaxies from deep optical/IR images obtained as part of the Institute for Astronomy Deep Survey. Photometric spectral-energy distributions indicate that most of these galaxies comprise nearly pure old…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Hai Fu , Alan Stockton , Michael Liu