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J/ApJ/479/231 PNe in M51, M96 & M101 (Feldmeier+ 1997)
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Planetary nebulae as standard candles. XI. Application to spiral galaxies
Feldmeier J.J., Ciardullo R., Jacoby G.H.
<Astrophys. J. 479, 231 (1997)>
=1997ApJ...479..231F (SIMBAD/NED BibCode)
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ADC_Keywords: Planetary nebulae
Keywords: galaxies: distances and redshifts -
galaxies: individual (M51, M96, M101) - galaxies: spiral -
planetary nebulae: general
Abstract:
We report the results of an [O III]{lambda}5007 survey for planetary
nebulae (PNs) in three spiral galaxies: M101 (NGC 5457), M51
(NGC 5194/5l95), and M96 (NGC 3368). By comparing on-band/off-band
[O III]{lambda}5007 images with images taken in H{alpha} and broadband
R. we identify 65, 64, and 74 PN candidates in each galaxy,
respectively. From these data, an adopted M31 distance of 770kpc, and
the empirical planetary nebula luminosity function (PNLF), we derive
distances to M101, M51, and M96 of 7.7+/-0.5, 8.4+/-0.6, and
9.6+/-0.6Mpc. These observations demonstrate that the PNLF technique
can be successfully applied to late-type galaxies and can provide an
important overlap between the Population I and Population II distance
scales. We also discuss some special problems associated with using
the PNLF in spiral galaxies, including the effects of dust and the
possible presence of [O III] bright supernova remnants.
File Summary:
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tab2-4.dat 44 203 M101, M51 and M96 planetary nebulae
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See also:
J/ApJ/462/1 : PNe in the Coma I region (Jacoby+ 1996)
Byte-by-byte Description of file: tab2-4.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 5 A5 --- Gal Galaxy name
7- 8 I2 --- PN Planerary number in the galaxy
10- 11 I2 h RAh Right ascension (2000)
13- 14 I2 min RAm Right ascension (2000)
16- 20 F5.2 s RAs Right ascension (2000)
23- 24 I2 deg DEd Declination (2000)
26- 27 I2 arcmin DEm Declination (2000)
29- 32 F4.1 arcsec DEs Declination (2000)
34- 36 F3.1 arcmin Rad Isophotal radius from galaxy
38- 42 F5.2 mag m5007 Lambda5007 magnitude (m5007=-2.5logF5007 - 13.74)
44 A1 --- Note [S] Notes (1)
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Note (1): S: PNe that are part of the statistical samples
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History: Prepared via OCR at CDS.
References:
Jacoby, Paper I. 1989ApJ...339...39J
Ciardullo et al., Paper II. 1989ApJ...339...53C
Jacoby et al., Paper III. 1989ApJ...344..704J
Ciardullo et al., Paper IV. 1989ApJ...344..715C
Jacoby et al., Paper V. 1990ApJ...356..332J
Jacoby et al., Paper VI. 1990ApJ...365..471J
Ciardullo et al., Paper VII. 1991ApJ...383..487C
Ciardullo et al., Paper VIII. 1992ApJ...388..268C
McMillan et al., Paper IX. 1993ApJ...416...62M
Jacoby et al., Paper X. 1996ApJ...462....1J, Cat. <J/ApJ/462/1>
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(End) Marie-Jose Wagner, Patricia Bauer [CDS] 07-Oct-1997