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Using the near infrared fluxes of local galaxies derived from COBE/DIRBE J(1.25 $\mu$m) K (2.2 $\mu$m) \& L (3.5 $\mu$m) band maps and published Cepheid distances, we construct Tully-Fisher (TF) diagrams for the nearby galaxies. The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Sangeeta Malhotra , David N Spergel , James E Rhoads , Jing Li

We present a new empirical \(JHK\) absolute calibration of the tip of the red giant branch (TRGB) in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). We use published data from the extensive \emph{Near-Infrared Synoptic Survey} containing 3.5 million…

We use the latest parallaxes measurements from Gaia DR3 to obtain a geometric calibration of the tip of the red giant branch (TRGB) in Cousins $I$ magnitudes as a standard candle for cosmology. We utilise the following surveys: SkyMapper…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-05-24 M. Dixon , J. Mould , C. Flynn , E. N. Taylor , C. Lidman , A. R. Duffy

M104 (NGC 4594; the Sombrero galaxy) is a nearby, well-studied elliptical galaxy included in scores of surveys focused on understanding the details of galaxy evolution. Despite the importance of observations of M104, a consensus distance…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-10-14 Kristen B. W. McQuinn , Evan D. Skillman , Andrew E. Dolphin , Danielle Berg , Robert Kennicutt

In this paper JK_s data from the VISTA Magellanic Cloud (VMC) survey are used to investigate the tip of the red giant branch (TRGB) as a distance indicator. A linear fit to recent theoretical models is used which reads M_{K_s} = -4.196…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-30 M. A. T. Groenewegen , M. -R. L. Cioni , L. Girardi , R. de Grijs , V. D. Ivanov , M. Marconi , T. Muraveva , V. Ripepi , J. Th. van Loon

The abundance and spatial distribution of dwarf galaxies are excellent empirical benchmarks to test models of structure formation on small scales. The nearby Centaurus group, with its two subgroups centered on CenA and M83, stands out as an…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-07-25 Oliver Müller , Marina Rejkuba , Helmut Jerjen

We have calibrated the Tip of the Red Giant Branch (TRGB) using our recent catalog of homogeneous, high-accuracy Globular Cluster (GC) distances. The GC distances were determined by a global joint fit to optical period-Wesenheit relations…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-01 Mauricio Cruz Reyes , Richard I. Anderson , Bastian Lengen

In `A Bayesian Approach to Locating the Red Giant Branch Tip Magnitude (PART I),' a new technique was introduced for obtaining distances using the TRGB standard candle. Here we describe a useful complement to the technique with the…

Deep (I,V-I) and (I,B-I) color-magnitude diagrams (CMDs) of the Antlia dwarf galaxy, based on Science Verification (SV) data collected with the FORS I camera on the ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT) are presented. By adopting the new…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Marco Castellani , Giuseppe Bono , Santi Cassisi , Gianni Marconi , Anna Piersimoni

We have used WFPC2 VRI observations to calculate the distances to three nearby galaxies, NGC 4214, UGC 685, and UGC 5456 using the tip of the red giant branch method. Our values for NGC 4214 (2.94 +/- 0.18 Mpc) and UGC 685 (4.79 +/- 0.30…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-16 Jesús Maíz-Apellániz , Lucas Cieza , John W. MacKenty

On the basis of the near infrared observations of bulge red clump stars near the Galactic center, we have determined the galactocentric distance to be R_0 = 7.52 +- 0.10 (stat) +- 0.35 (sys) kpc. We observed the red clump stars at |l| < 1.0…

We consider the application of the tip of the red giant branch (TRGB) in the optical and in the near infrared for the determination of distances to nearby galaxies. We analyze ACS VI (F555W & F814W) data and self-consistently…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-09-30 Barry F. Madore , Wendy L. Freedman

The Carnegie-Chicago Hubble Program (CCHP) is undertaking a re-calibration of the extragalactic distance scale, using Type Ia supernovae that are tied to Tip of the Red Giant Branch (TRGB) distances to local galaxies. We present here deep…

We present the tip of the red giant branch (TRGB) distances to Type Ia supernova (SNe Ia) host galaxies NGC 4038/39 and NGC 5584. Based on the deep images constructed using archival Hubble Space Telescope data, we detect red giant branch…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-07-15 In Sung Jang , Myung Gyoon Lee

We present a new approach for identifying the Tip of the Red Giant Branch (TRGB) which, as we show, works robustly even on sparsely populated targets. Moreover, the approach is highly adaptable to the available data for the stellar…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 A. R. Conn , G. F. Lewis , R. A. Ibata , Q. A. Parker , D. B. Zucker , A. W. McConnachie , N. F. Martin , M. J. Irwin , N. Tanvir , M. A. Fardal , A. M. N. Ferguson

Based on our observations with the 6-m BTA telescope at the Special Astrophysical Observatory, the Russian Academy of Sciences, and archival Hubble Space Telescope images, we have performed stellar photometry for several regions of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2010-02-11 N. A. Tikhonov , O. A. Galazutdinova

Using Spitzer observations of classical Cepheids we have measured the true average distance modulus of the SMC to be $18.96 \pm 0.01_{stat} \pm 0.03_{sys}$ mag (corresponding to $62 \pm 0.3$ kpc), which is $0.48 \pm 0.01$ mag more distant…

We present J=2-1, J=3-2, J=4-3 12CO and 492 GHz [CI] maps as well as J=2-1 and J=3-2 13CO measurements of the central regions in the nearby Sc galaxies IC 342 and Maffei 2. In both galaxies, the distribution of CO and [CI] is strongly…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 F. P. Israel , F. Baas

Great investments of observing time have been dedicated to the study of nearby spiral galaxies with diverse goals ranging from understanding the star formation process to characterizing their dark matter distributions. Accurate distances…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-10-14 Kristen. B. W. McQuinn , Evan D. Skillman , Andrew E. Dolphin , Danielle Berg , Robert Kennicutt

We apply the near-infrared J-region Asymptotic Giant Branch (JAGB) method, recently introduced by Madore \& Freedman (2020), to measure the distances to 14 nearby galaxies out to 4 Mpc. We use the geometric detached eclipsing binary (DEB)…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-08-19 Wendy L. Freedman , Barry F. Madore