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We construct a sample of nearly 30,000 main-sequence stars with 4500K $<T\rm_{eff}<$ 5000K and stellar ages estimated by the chromospheric activity$-$age relation. This sample is used to determine the age distribution in the $R-Z$ plane of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-03-03 Jiajun Zhang , Jingkun Zhao , Terry D. Oswalt , Xilong Liang , Xianhao Ye , Gang Zhao

We present results of the first extensive and deep CCD photometric survey carried out in the field of the open cluster Trumpler 27, an object in the constellation of Sagittarius not far from the Galaxy center. We look for young stars clumps…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-03 Gabriel Perren , Rubén Vázquez , Giovanni Carraro

We analyse a sample of over 1000 stars from 32 fields imaged in the V and I bands with the Wide Field and Planetary Camera, on board of the Hubble Space Telescope. The fields are located at Galactic latitudes | b | >= 15deg and in various…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 L. O. Kerber , S. C. Javiel , B. X. Santiago

Based on published sources, we have created a kinematic database on 220 massive (>10 solar masses) young Galactic star systems located within <3 kpc of the Sun. Out of them, approximately 100 objects are spectroscopic binary and multiple…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2013-07-08 V. V. Bobylev , A. T. Bajkova

Studying the stellar populations in the outskirts of spiral galaxies can provide important constraints on their structure, formation, and evolution. To that end, we present VI photometry obtained with the Advanced Camera for Surveys for…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Michael K. Barker , Ata Sarajedini , Doug Geisler , Paul Harding , Robert Schommer

We present the first WFPC2 V, I photometry for the Sculptor Group galaxy NGC 300 in four fields ranging from the centre to the outer edge. We have made the first measurement of the star formation histories in two disk fields: the oldest…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 D. J. Butler , D. Martinez-Delgado , W. Brandner

In the third Galactic quadrant (180 < l < 270) of the Milky Way, the Galactic thin disk exhibits a significant warp ---shown both by gas and young stars--- bending down a few kpc below the formal Galactic plane (b=0). This warp shows its…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-22 Giovanni Carraro , Ruben A. Vazquez , Edgardo Costa , Javier A. Ahumada , Edgar E. Giorgi

Estimates of the integrated (SFR) and specific (sSFR) rates of star formation are given for 181 galaxies of later Sc, Scd, and Sd types seen almost face-on. Their SFRs were determined from FUV fluxes in the GALEX survey. The median values…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-06-17 V. E. Karachentseva , I. D. Karachentsev , O. G. Kashibadze

Wide-field images obtained with the 3.6 meter Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope are used to investigate the spatial distribution and photometric properties of the brightest stars in the disk of M81 (NGC 3031). With the exception of the central…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2010-01-15 T. J. Davidge

The mass distribution of the Galactic disk is constructed from the terminal velocity curve and the mass discrepancy-acceleration relation. Mass models numerically quantifying the detailed surface density profiles are tabulated. For $R_0 =…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-01-13 Stacy S. McGaugh

We estimated the scale-length of the thin disc with the J and W1 magnitudes of the most probable Red Clump (RC) stars in the Galactic plane, $-0\overset{^\circ}.5 \leq b \leq +0\overset{^\circ}.5$, in 19 equal sized fields with consecutive…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-24 E. Yaz Gokce , S. Karaali , S. Duran , S. Bilir , A. Yalcinkaya , S. Ak , T. Ak , M. Lopez-Corredoira , A. Cabrera-Lavers

CONTEXT. The maximum size of the Galactic stellar disk is not yet known. Some studies have suggested an abrupt drop-off of the stellar density of the disk at Galactocentric distances $R\gtrsim 15$ kpc, which means that in practice no disk…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-05-09 M. Lopez-Corredoira , C. Allende Prieto , F. Garzon , H. Wang , C. Liu , L. Deng

A sample of 69 galaxies with radial velocities less than 2500 km/s was selected from the HI Parkes All Sky Survey (HIPASS) and imaged in broad band B and R and narrow band H-alpha to deduce details about star formation in nearby disk…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. F. Helmboldt , R. A. M. Walterbos , G. D. Bothun , K. O'Neil , W. J. G. de Blok

We present an analysis of the optical spectroscopy of 58 stars in the Galactic plane at $l=27$\arcdeg, where a prominent excess in the flux distribution and star counts have been observed in several spectral regions, in particular in the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 F. Garzon , M. Lopez-Corredoira , P. Hammersley , T. J. Mahoney , X. Calbet , J. E. Beckman

The color-magnitude diagram of $ \sim 3 \times 10^5 $ stars obtained for Baade's Window towards the Galactic bulge with the OGLE project reveals a surprisingly narrow main sequence due to galactic disk stars at a distance of $d \sim 2 $…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-22 B. Paczynski , K. Z. Stanek , A. Udalski , M. Szymanski , J. Kaluzny , M. Kubiak , M. Mateo

We report a detailed investigation of the bulk motions of the nearby Galactic stellar disk, based on three samples selected from the LSS-GAC DR2: a global sample containing 0.57 million FGK dwarfs out to $\sim$ 2 kpc, a local subset of the…

We estimated the dynamical surface mass density (Sigma) at the solar Galactocentric distance between 2 and 4 kpc from the Galactic plane, as inferred from the observed kinematics of the thick disk. We find Sigma(z=2 kpc)=57.6+-5.8 Mo pc^-2,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-20 C. Moni Bidin , G. Carraro , R. A. Mendez , W. F. van Altena

The relative contribution of various physical processes to the spatial and temporal distribution of molecular clouds and star-forming regions in the disks of galaxies has not been fully studied. The spatial regularity in the distribution of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-08-05 Alexander S. Gusev , Elena V. Shimanovskaya

We explore the growth of the stellar disks in 14 nearby spiral galaxies as part of the Deciphering the Interplay between the Interstellar medium, Stars, and the Circumgalactic medium (DIISC) survey. We study the radial distribution of…

Based on the LAMOST survey and Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), we use low-resolution spectra of 130,043 F/G-type dwarf stars to study the kinematics and metallicity properties of the Galactic disk. Our study shows that the stars with…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-10-12 Yingjie Jing , Cuihua Du , Jiayin Gu , Yunpeng Jia , Xiyan Peng , Yuqin Chen , Zhenyu Wu , Jun Ma , Xu Zhou , Zihuang Cao , Yonghui Hou , Yuefei Wang , Yong Zhang