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We compare star formation in the inner and outer disks of 11 dwarf Irregular galaxies (dIm) within 3.6 Mpc. The regions are identified on GALEX near-UV images, and modeled with UV, optical, and near-IR colors to determine masses and ages. A…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 Nicholas W. Melena , Bruce G. Elmegreen , Deidre A. Hunter , Lea Zernow

We present high sensitivity HI observations of NGC 6822, obtained with the Karoo Array Telescope (KAT-7). We study the kinematics, the mass distribution, and the star formation thresholds. The KAT-7 short baselines and low system…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-11-08 Brenda Namumba , Claude Carignan , Sean Passmoor , Erwin de Blok

Halpha and UBV photometry of NGC 6822 are used to study the distribution of OB stars and HII regions in the galaxy and to determine whether individual regions of the galaxy are in a state of ionization balance. Four distinct components of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 K. Patel , C. D. Wilson

We present Spitzer imaging of the metal-deficient (Z ~30% Z_sun) Local Group dwarf galaxy NGC 6822. On spatial scales of ~130 pc, we study the nature of IR, H alpha, HI, and radio continuum emission. Nebular emission strength correlates…

We aim to derive the chemical behavior of a significant sample of PNe and HII regions in the irregular galaxy NGC 6822 The selected objects are distributed in different zones of the galaxy. Due to the faintness of PNe and HII regions in NGC…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Liliana Hernandez-Martinez , Miriam Peña , Leticia Carigi , Jorge Garcia-Rojas

We have obtained the first high resolution spectra of individual stars in the dwarf irregular galaxy, NGC 6822. The spectra of the two A-type supergiants were obtained at the VLT and Keck Observatories, using UVES and HIRES, respectively. A…

We present a panoramic survey of the isolated Local Group dwarf irregular galaxy NGC 6822. Our photometry reaches $\sim2-3$ magnitudes deeper than most previous studies and spans the widest area around the dwarf compared to any prior work.…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-09-22 Shumeng Zhang , Dougal Mackey , Gary Da Costa

We present a comprehensive study of massive young stellar objects (YSOs) in the metal-poor galaxy NGC 6822 using IRAC and MIPS data obtained from the {\em Spitzer Space Telescope}. We find over 500 new YSO candidates in seven massive…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-09-25 Olivia C. Jones , Michael J. Sharp , Megan Reiter , Alec S. Hirschauer , M. Meixner , Sundar Srinivasan

We present the results of a statistical study of the star formation rates (SFR) derived from the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) observations in the ultraviolet continuum and in the H\alpha emission line for a sample of about 800 luminous…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 S. L. Parnovsky , I. Y. Izotova , Y. I. Izotov

We present a comprehensive analysis of the globular cluster (GC) system of the Local Group dwarf irregular galaxy NGC 6822. Our study is based on homogeneous optical and near-IR photometry, as well as long-slit spectroscopic observations…

We present a comprehensive study of the star cluster population and the hierarchical structure in the clustering of blue stars with ages <~ 500 Myr in the Local Group dwarf irregular galaxy NGC 6822. Our observational material comprises the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-20 Dimitrios A. Gouliermis , Stefan Schmeja , Ralf S. Klessen , W. J. G. de Blok , Fabian Walter

We present the results of CCD UBV observations of the open cluster NGC 6819. We calculated the stellar density profile in the cluster's field to determine the structural parameters of NGC 6819. Using the existing astrometric data, we…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-04-13 T. Ak , Z. F. Bostanci , T. Yontan , S. Bilir , T. Guver , S. Ak , H. Urgup , E. Paunzen

We present a comprehensive study of the stellar population and the interstellar medium in NGC 6822 using high-quality \HI data (obtained with the Australia Telescope Compact Array) and optical broad/narrow-band data (obtained with Subaru…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 W. J. G. de Blok , F. Walter

An accurate estimation of the star formation-related properties of galaxies is crucial for understanding the evolution of galaxies. In galaxies, ultraviolet (UV) light emitted by recently formed massive stars is attenuated by dust, which is…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-11 A. Sakurai , T. T. Takeuchi , F. -T. Yuan , V. Buat , D. Burgarella

We derive the spatially-resolved star formation history (SFH) for a $96$ deg$^2$ area across the main body of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), using the near-infrared photometry from the VISTA survey of the Magellanic Clouds (VMC). The…

This work presents the main ultraviolet (UV) and far-infrared (FIR) properties of two samples of nearby galaxies selected from the GALEX ($\lambda = 2315$\AA, hereafter NUV) and IRAS ($\lambda = 60\mu$m) surveys respectively. They are built…

We present a spectroscopic study of the four extended star clusters (ESCs) in NGC 6822 based on the data obtained with Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph (GMOS) on the Gemini-South 8.1m telescope. Their radial velocities derived from the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2014-02-18 Narae Hwang , Hong Soo Park , Myung Gyoon Lee , Sungsoon Lim , Paul W. Hodge , Sang Chul Kim , Bryan Miller , Daniel Weisz

[Abridged] We investigate the average physical properties and star formation histories of the most UV-luminous star-forming galaxies at z~3.7. Our results are derived from analyses of the average spectral energy distributions (SEDs),…

We present near-IR spectroscopy of red supergiant (RSG) stars in NGC 6822, obtained with the new VLT-KMOS instrument. From comparisons with model spectra in the J-band we determine the metallicity of 11 RSGs, finding a mean value of [Z] =…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 L. R. Patrick , C. J. Evans , B. Davies , R-P. Kudritzki , J. Z. Gazak , M. Bergemann , B. Plez , A. M. N. Ferguson

We use a robust sample of 11 z~7 galaxies (z-dropouts) to estimate the stellar mass density of the universe when it was only ~750 Myr old. We combine the very deep optical to near-Infrared photometry from the HST ACS and NICMOS cameras with…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 Valentino Gonzalez , Ivo Labbe , Rychard J. Bouwens , Garth Illingworth , Marijn Franx , Mariska Kriek , Gabriel B. Brammer